“And on that note, I think we should go make sure the kids haven’t set fire to the house!” Kara declared.Everyone left the ‘Indian’ room and...I went to my study to call my dad in Ohio.“I had my suspicions,” he said. “I knew the alternative couldn’t be true.”“You and Stephanie both,” I replied. “When did you start to suspect?”“A couple of years ago when it became clear Albert really favored Al. Given your lifestyle, I knew anything was possible, but it just didn’t seem as if that was what had. No one was going to starve to death in our household.After each meal, we gathered in the living room and different conversations took place between everyone. I thought there was some good bonding going on in the room, even between the olders that hadn’t even met prior to the holiday. By bedtime, many new and deep friendships had been made and lots of laughter had prevailed.Christmas night, I was up late after everybody else had gone upstairs or to his or her bedroom. I was being quiet and. Whatever its source, it was a welcome sight to one and all! Again, there was fresh meat from the abundant animal life and there were fish! Many of the emigrants had never eaten fish because they had lived too far away from a major river, but now they feasted on it. It's questionable how many developed a real liking for fish, but everybody delighted in the novelty. Some had taken fish from the Platte River, but not in the number nor with the joy they felt when they plundered the Humboldt. The women would rotate in turn between Ed and me for fucking in an effort to get a wide distribution of genes. A point was made never to compare the sexual prowess of any of us, male or female. If one was better than the other, then so be it, but no public comparisons were ever to be made. We had no penalty established for breaking this rule, but we would think of something if the need ever came up. In any case, we were hoping to find more sexually active humans to add to the breeding pool.We.