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he was a bad chief and did not take good care of his people. It was 

 the old men, wizards, or soothsayers who proposed the death of their 

 chief to the youths, the latter armed themselves for killing their 

 chief, and not hastily and guardedly, but with a day designated for 

 the execution. The same fate befell the first chief, Oiot, as we have 

 stated above. 



The chief, if he wanted anything to eat, had to seek it the same as 

 the rest, although there were some who made him their little gifts ; 

 this was not because of obligation, but through good will ; and for 

 this reason I believe, and they have assured me, many of them had 

 2 or 3 wives for the purpose of hunting seeds and having them in 

 abundance, so that those who came to visit could be invited to eat. 

 Of the wives which he had, one was the principal one, and the 

 others were like concubines, and the children of the latter did not 

 come into the right of the crown, unless legitimate children were 

 lacking. These princedoms or chieftainships were by succession and 

 not by election. 



