Many years ago, there was a gathering of Indian tribes from all over. While
the Braves were busy doing war dances, some of the squaws gathered together to
do their chores in company and to compare their children. Near a bend in the
river, three squaws spread hides and sat together to chat. The first squaw sat
on the hide of a buffalo. She had only one son. The second squaw sat on the
hide of a mountain lion. She had three sons. The last squaw sat on the hide of
a hippopotamus. She had four sons. All this goes to prove..... That the sons
of the squaw of the hippopotamus are equal to the sons of the squaws of the
other two hides.
Three squaws were each preparing for the birth of their first child. The
first squaw placed a large bear hide by a river, the second squaw placed
an elk hide by a tree by a river, and the third squaw placed a
hippopotamus hide by a path, near the river and the tree so that the
three formed a triangle....