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KATCHIBA “ALWAYS AT HOME! 
[chap* VIII. 
lishment to prevent domestic fracas among the ladies. 
He has accordingly hit upon the practical expedient 
of keeping a certain number of wives in each of his 
villages : thus, when he makes a journey through his 
territory, he is always at home. This multiplicity of 
wives has been so successful that Katchiba has one 
hundred and sixteen children living—another proof 
katchiba’s eldest son. 
of sorcery in the eyes of his people. One of his wives 
had no children, and she came to me to apply for 
medicine to correct some evil influence that had lowered 
her in her husband’s estimation. The poor woman was 
in great distress, and complained that Katchiba was - 
very cruel to her because she had been unable to make 
an addition to his 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 
