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Customary to give a son to the Chief who raises, then, the age from 12 to 16 Chief regards them as his sons.  They give orphan boys.  They stay with Chief until they marry.  [[strikethrough]] They then [[/strikethrough]]  The chief then acquires great power.  These young men, like the old pages of feudal times.

Young girls sometimes given, these generally at 16 or 18 age as a wife of the Chief, [[?]] and it understood that they will be the [[?wives]] - they seldom more than 2 or 3 wives.

Childen have nurses - generally poor orphan girls sometimes relatives [[?from]] [[?]] not common to have nurses to attend to each child.  Chiefs & common families [[?]] [[?Man]] I [[?]] all that are [[?n]] to [[?]] [[?partly]] young men [[?whom]] [[?set]] [[?]] [[?less]] than girls.

Fathers [[?]] [[?]]
[[?]] [[?]] Uncle.