the fact that in many instances the bride had made great efforts to secure the husband. That sort of thing is dying out under the influence of Christianity. The bride is allowed to take her husband s arm, and together they go to one home and one marriage feast, and receive the congratulations of their friends.
Many chiefs now allow their wives to live in the same house as themselves, though the custom of the country is, that the wife of a chief shall occupy a separate house. She may never feed with her lord, though she may sit behind him and replenish his cup with beer when it is empty; but she may not call on him, except at certain times, and then she kneels down before him and asks him how he is and if he slept well—the customary salutation of the country. The chief whose photo is shown here regards his wife not as his slave, but as his wife, and to all appearances thinks as much
