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Natchez Months of the Year

The Natchez begin the year in March, each being a lunar month. Therefore there are thirteen.

1	Deer Month (March)
2	Strawberry Month
3	Little Corn Month
4	Watermelon Month
5	Peach Month (July)
6	Mulberry Month
7	Great Corn Month
8	Turkey Month (October)
9	Bison Month
10	Bear Month
11	Cold Meal Month (January)
12	Chestnut Month
13	Nut Month (nuts broken to make bread, at the close of winter, when supplies run low)

--from Katherine Judson's 1914 collection Myths and Legends of the Mississippi Valley and the Great Lakes.