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They sat in expectation for a while; then he again shouted, Come out!" Nothing was heard. He noisily removed the grinding-slab from the entrance and cried, "Shotaye, we must go. Bring the feathers." "Let me alone and go," sounded the dull reply at last. "Give me the feathers first," Zashue demanded. "Come and get them yourself," replied the voice inside.
But he seemed as much surprised as the inmates themselves; for while eating, his glance flitted inquiringly from mother to son, as if he were astonished to see them together. When he had finished, he asked, "When will Zashue be here?" "I do not know," replied Say. Hayoue turned to his nephew, "Okoya, will you let me speak to your yaya alone?"
"Tzitz hanutsh," Zashue quickly responded. The old man turned to one of the delegates. "Father," he called to him in his language, "our sons belong to your people. Will you take them with you, or shall they go to the summer cacique?" The other reflected a short while, then he replied, "The summer cacique is busy; let the brethren come with me. I will lead them to the homes of P'ho Doa."
Many journeys distant, Pueblo Indians lived also, and thither the Queres went at long intervals to trade and to hunt the buffalo on the southwestern plains. Topanashka also was pleased with the suitor. In due course of time Zashue Tihua and Say Koitza, therefore, became man and wife. Zashue proved to be a good husband, according to Indian ideas.
Little by little, as he went on, with harmless, sometimes very clumsy, jokes and jests, she became oblivious of her wretched prospects, and her soul rested in the present. She began to smile shyly at first, then she even laughed. As Zashue ate he praised her cooking; and that gratified her, although it filled her with remorse and anguish.
The shower, which was sending floods of moisture into the valleys farther south, only grazed the Rito, sending a short and light rain upon its growing crops. It surprised Zashue upon his return to the big house, and drove him to shelter at his own, that is, his wife's home.
Zashue could not control his mirth at the sight of the men in such guise; he broke out in a ringing laugh, pointed at them, and shouted, "Puyatye!" then to himself with the exclamation, "Koshare!" The salutations called forth no reply. The Tanos continued to stare. It was not merely astonishment which caused them to remain motionless; there was quite as much embarrassment on their part.
I mean Topanashka; he shall give his speech; him we want and expect." "In that case you do not need me," replied Zashue, attempting to rise. "I go to my people." Hayoue touched his arm. "Satyumishe," he said gravely, "it is not well for you to leave us now. We must speak with you more." "It is none of my business," growled the elder brother.
"When you call me a turkey-buzzard you say the truth," he answered, "else I would not have come to you." Shotaye understood the venomous allusion and was going to retort, but bethought herself in time and only said in a contemptuous tone, "Why should I quarrel with you, uak." Then turning to Zashue and changing the subject, "How many feathers do you want, and what will you give me for them?"
With this load she climbed up the rugged slope leading to the dwellings of the Water clan, to which Zashue belonged. The lad was sitting in the cave inhabited by his family, busying himself with straightening arrow shafts over the fire, when the girl, pushing before her the loaded tray, crept through the port-hole. Silently she placed the food before him, and went out again without a word.
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