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be satisfied although I would like to get more.

The wedding I wrote you about was finished yesterday morning. I got up before sunrise and hastened down to the camp to see the procession returning the couple to the house of the girl's parents but was too late. Sunday the girl was delivered to the house of the boy's parents. The ceremony of instructing the couple in their duties toward the parents of the girl, toward each other, and to the children that might be born, was held yesterday afternoon, after the ceremony of of instructing the couple and it was very simple. [[strikethrough]] They [[/strikethrough]] The tasks were like lectures and there were no poems of any kind. Four men were chosen for this office and each got a fee of thirteen dollars! In the morning