divide to steal our women. And that was the tribe.

"We set two men on the divide, one for the day and one for the
night, to watch if the Meat-Eaters came. These were the eyes of
the tribe. Then, also, day and night, there were to be ten men
awake with their clubs and spears and arrows in their hands, ready
to fight. Before, when a man went after fish, or clams, or gull-
eggs, he carried his weapons with him, and half the time he was
getting food and half the time watching for fear some other man
would get him. Now that was all changed. The men went out without
their weapons and spent all their time getting food. Likewise,
when the women went into the mountains after roots and berries,
five of the ten men went with them to guard them. While all the
time, day and night, the eyes of the tribe watched from the top of
the divide.

"But troubles came. As usual, it was about the women. Men without
wives wanted other men's wives, and there was much fighting between
men, and now and again one got his head smashed or a spear through
his body. While one of the watchers was on top of the divide,
another man stole his wife, and he came down to fight. Then the
other watcher was in fear that some one would take his wife, and he
came down likewise. Also, there was trouble among the ten men who
carried always their weapons, and they fought five against five,
till some ran away down the coast and the others ran after them.

"So it was that the tribe was left without eyes or guards. We had
not the strength of sixty. We had no strength at all. So we held
a council and made our first laws. I was but a cub at the time,
but I remember. We said that, in order to be strong, we must not