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the nation, Aubbe,cuh. Here some of the oldest customs had their origin. The law against adultery was passed here, and that to regulate marriages. To constitute legal marriage, a man must build a house, make his crop & gather it in, then make his hunt & bring home the meat; - putting all this in the possession of his wife, ends the ceremony, and they are married, or, as the indians express it, the woman is bound, & not till then. This information is obtained from Co,tau,lau (Tus,se,ki,ah Mic,co) an old & Respectable chief descended from Nau,che. He lives near We,o,coof,ke - has accumulated a handsome property - has a fine stock - is a man of much information and great influence among indians of the towns in the neighborhood of this. They have no fences & but a few hogs, horses, & cattle. They are attentive to white people who live among them & particularly so to white women. 19. Nau,chee, on Nauche creek, five miles above Au,be,coo,che, below the fork of the creek, on a rich flat of land, of a mile in width, between two small mountains. This flat extends from the town 3/4 of a mile above the town house. The settlements are scattered on both sides of the creek, for two miles. They have no worm fences & but little stock. One chief, a brother of Chin,a,be has a large stock of hogs & had 90 fit for market in 1798. This town is the remains of the Natchez, who lived on the Mississippi. They estimate their number of gunmen at