An amusing incident of early women's lib occurred among the Indians of Tauwas Village. (Putnam County). An Indian vagabond named Tom, was known to many in the area. He was branded by early settlers as a thief and drunkard. Tom was reported too lazy to hunt and fish.
When Tom became more than usually drunk, his favorite past time was whipping his squaw. But on one occasion, the squaws banded together for retribution. They fed Tom with "red liquor" until Tom was helplessly drunk. They then disrobed him and tied him to a log on the Auglaize River bank, during the.
By morning, Tom was barely recognizable because of the mosquito bits. Poetic justice indeed.
Following the episode, whenever Tom became abusive the squaws simply made a buzzing noise like a mosquito, and Tom would behaved.
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