Ancient Miississipian temple visit

The worship of glacial erratics

Anderson, Indiana Adena mound

     French Jesuit missionary Mathurin le Petit was apparently invited into a temple of the Natchez Indians circa 1730 during his year among them. I don’t know if he was invited. He might have been lured, but either way his account is first hand and when you’re gathering information, primary sources are always the best.

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