book chapter
The Natchez group
Indian tribes of the lower Mississippi and adjacent coast of the Gulf of Mexico • 43 • Published In 1911 • Pages: 45-274
By: Swanton, John Reed.
Abstract
This document distills information from French seventeenth and eighteenth century documents, organizing it topically, including: clothing, ornaments, arts and industries, economic life, medicine, education, games, etiquette, marriage, social organization, feasts, war, funerals, religion, and early contact history. It includes lengthy translations of the source documents.
- Subjects
- Historical and archival research
- History
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Cereal agriculture
- Normal garb
- Ornament
- Status, role, and prestige
- Classes
- Visiting and hospitality
- Form and rules of government
- Chief executive
- External relations
- Instigation of war
- Warfare
- Aftermath of combat
- Peacemaking
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Medical therapy
- Suicide
- Special burial practices and funerals
- Cult of the dead
- Mythology
- Spirits and gods
- Missions
- Ordering of time
- culture
- Natchez
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard; 2019
- Field Date
- not applicable
- Coverage Date
- 1699-1734
- Coverage Place
- Adams, Jefferson and Claiborne counties, Mississippi, United States
- Notes
- By John R. Swanton
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 11035489
- LCSH
- Natchez Indians