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Tattooed Serpent

d. 1725 · 18th century

Tattooed Serpent (died 1725) was the war chief of the Natchez in present-day Mississippi and brother of the Great Sun, their paramount ruler. He generally kept peace with the French colony of Louisiana, and his funeral in 1725, at which wives and retainers were put to death to accompany him, was described in detail by the French settler Le Page du Pratz.

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Tattooed Serpent. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/tattooed-serpent
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The Epoch Institute. “Tattooed Serpent.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/tattooed-serpent.
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