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Marriage. The Cherokees were not allowed to marry in the same clan with themselves nor any near descendents of their mothers relatives, though they might marry any of the descendents of their father's connexions. Anciently the Cherokees, it is said, seldom married a second time. Second marriages not being approved of, (unless as among the Creeks.) A priest was not allowed to marry a widow, nor a woman who been put away by her husband, nor any other woman of bad character. And as their god, the moon, had but one wife, the sun, (or on the other hand, among those who considered the sun, the male, as the sun had but one wife, the moon) therefore they supposed it improper for them to have more than one wife each. When a young man desired a young woman for his wife, he consulted her parents, whose consent was deemed absolutely essential. All parties being agreed, the time was appointed for the marriage; and the priest, who was to officiate, was notified of their wishes. Accordingly on the day approved for the marriage, early in the morning, the priest got two roots of a certain kind, and laid them on his hand, a little distance from each other. He then, with his face toward the east, or rising sun, prayed to that god, or goddess, to let him know whether