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FAMILY GOVERNMENT. 
[chap. VIII* 
an addition to liis family, but that she was sure I 
possessed some charm that would raise her to the 
standard of his other wives. I could not get rid of 
her until I gave her the first pill that came to hand 
katchiba’s eldest son. 
from my medicine-chest, and with this she went away 
contented. 
Katchiba was so completely established in his 
country, not only as a magician, but as “ pere de 
famille,” that every one of his villages was governed 
by one of his sons; thus the entire government was a 
family affair. The sons of course believed in their 
