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The Plains Indians practised polygamy, and one chief had three wives
The first wife lived in a tepee of elk hide
the second in a tepee
made of buffalo hide,
and the youngest in a tepee of hippopotamus hide.
He slept with each wife on the eve of his great hunting trip.
He was gone nine moons and when he returned, he went into the elk hide
tepee and found that his wife had borne him a son. Likewise, in the
buffalo hide tepee, that wife, too, had borne him a son. So, imagine
his surprise when he found twin baby boys in the hippopotamus hide
tepee.
This just proves that …
The Squaw on the Hippopotamus is equal to the sum of the Squaws on the other two hides.
The first wife lived in a tepee of elk hide
the second in a tepee
made of buffalo hide,
and the youngest in a tepee of hippopotamus hide.
He slept with each wife on the eve of his great hunting trip.
He was gone nine moons and when he returned, he went into the elk hide
tepee and found that his wife had borne him a son. Likewise, in the
buffalo hide tepee, that wife, too, had borne him a son. So, imagine
his surprise when he found twin baby boys in the hippopotamus hide
tepee.
This just proves that …
The Squaw on the Hippopotamus is equal to the sum of the Squaws on the other two hides.
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