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The Natchez tribe lived in the area of St. Catherine's Creek, east and south of the present city of Natchez, Mississippi. Others later settled in South Carolina. The Natchez Indians were successful hunters, fishers and farmers, growing corn, beans, and squash.
Local shear failure occurs when the shear stresses parallel to the grain, i.e. shear stresses acting in the longitudinal-tangential (LT) or longitudinal-radial (LR) planes, exceed the shear strength of the beam. The shear strength of a wood member is difficult to quantify.
Oceanography but the study of ocean creatures is Marine Biology