Note 216 — Chapter XXXI · [XV] INDIANS OF THE PRAIRIES
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This custom was perhaps once quite extensive. It prevails among the Creeks to the present day, and was anciently practised by other southern nations; and "Among the Miamis," says Father Charlevoix, "the Husband has a right to cut off his wife's nose if she runs away from him."—Gregg.