SACRED TREES
were an important part of Chitimacha life. One of the legends among some of the older
Chitimacha is that there was a sacred tree on the present reservation.. If anyone harmed
the tree (s)he would go crazy. Rumor has it that some persons tried to test that belief,
harmed the tree and did become insane.
We can challenge the sanity story but we do know that four sacred trees marked the
Boundary of the Chitimacha nation.
MAP OF THE CHITIMCHA BOUNDARIES DEFINED BY THE SACRED TREES.
One near Maringouin, Louisiana. One east of New Orleans.
One at the mouth of the Mississippi River. One at Cypremort Point.
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