Monday, August 8, 2011

New findings on husband and wife

In one of my previous posts I had the Statement one man one women. Doing research I found this to be untrue! While reading "Ceremonial songs of the Creek and Yuchi Indians, Volume 1, Issue 1 By Frank Gouldsmith Speck 1911" The Yuchi were allowed to have more than one wife. The men had their own property, but his wives had what belonged to them and the children they had. Also, if a woman were found unfaithful she was punished by having her ears cut off! The Yuchi tribe had no ritual on marriage that I have found so far. The man just went off and built a house and when the girl he chose left their home to move in they were married. It was fairly simple to be married among this tribe.

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