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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (223173)3/8/2007 1:25:34 PM
From: Katelew  Respond to of 281500
 
Absolutely right.

People make fun of Mormon polygamists. What they don't know is those were the early frontier years and polygamy was widely practiced by the general frontier population.

Men were killed off by Indians, wild animals, accidents homesteading, etc. Women and children were left vulnerable and many joined polygamous households for security, etc.

In this instance, the good ones were killed off but the principle of a shortage of 'good' men applies.