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These people possibly trace their ancestry to a leader who asked an explorer to prove he was a god by drying up a river. David Graeber’s The Dawn of Everything claims that edicts issued by these people’s chief would routinely be ignored since he only wielded power in his immediate vicinity. (-5[1])The attendants of these people’s “Tattooed Serpent” (10[1])were strangled with bowstrings as part of a ceremony held in the Grand Village. (10[1])Members of a class known as “Stinkards” often married these people’s “Great Sun.” After these people attacked Fort Rosalie, Antoine de Cadillac (-5[1])ordered a 1729 massacre (-5[1])that cleared their land for tobacco plantations. (-5[1])Meriwether Lewis committed suicide (-5[1])on a route named (10[1])for these (10[1])people originating (10[1])from Nashville. (10[2]-5[2])For 10 points, (10[1])name (10[1])these Native American (10[1])people who lend their name to a “trace” (10[3]-5[1])in Mississippi. ■END■ (10[8]0[2])

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