{"collection":"African","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/afr/yl/yl06.htm","path":"afr/yl/yl06.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/afr/yl/yl06.htm","text":"Sacred-Texts African Index Previous Next\nA GREAT King sent his various sons to rule over different parts of his kingdom, and all were satisfied but one, the youngest and most ambitious, who returned to his father after some time with the complaint that his territory was much too small and his subjects too few.\nThe King was displeased with his son, and sent for a large bundle of sticks, which he converted into human beings.\n\u201cHere are some more subjects for you!\u201d he said to the astonished Prince.\nFrom that time the tribe was famous for its strength and stupidity, and went by the nickname of \u201cSons of Sticks,\u201d or \u201c\u1eccm\u1ecd igi\u201d!","title":"IV SONS OF STICKS","type":"page"}