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THE FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL (THE LAMANITE)
Chapter 2
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Hemen and his twin Cumeni, with their families, joined the company of twelve Lamanite households who emigrated northward under Hagoth. Among them traveled Shi-Tugo, Hemen's nephew, a renowned Lamanite warrior who had been cut to the heart when he heard Moroni's covenant offered on the battlefield. Realizing he had been raised on lies about the Nephites, he laid down his weapons and led many kinsmen to do likewise.
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Sixty souls in all settled along the river Akish, where Hemen and Cumeni's healing arts were taught to all, founding the Nem. When word arrived of dissension in Zarahemla, Shi-Tugo warned that wars grow from pride born of unequal prosperity, by which the rich justify withholding from the poor. The prophetess Hementim drew from him a remedy: rulers should be elevated by the voice of mothers, who, having most to lose, will choose leaders who preserve children rather than spend them.
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The people accepted this counsel, and the mothers convened and chose a governing Council, selecting Hagoth to preside.
