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He alone carried on the investigation; Hoshkanyi Tihua had mingled with the rest again, and stood there silent and speechless over the terrible news. Neither did any of the others utter a single word, but from time to time one or the other shook his head and sighed deeply. "We don't know," replied the Indian, "for we did not find anything else."
When both men stood outside, Topanashka turned to the tapop coldly, asking, "Are you going to call the council?" "I will," whined the little man. "For what day?" "I don't know yet." "But I want to know," sternly, almost menacingly, insisted the other. "I want to know, for I shall be present!" "Four days from now," cried Hoshkanyi, trembling. "What time?" "I don't know yet.
Finally he inquired, "Where is Hoshkanyi?" "Not here," came a reply from several voices. "And the yaya?" "Tza yaya," was the negative answer. "Then we are not too late," said the war-chief, turning to Tyame. He sat down among the rest, and the talk went on as before his arrival. At last the governor came. He offered a short greeting and received a careless reply.
"It has been said to me that I should send my brother here," pointing at Topanashka, "to call together the fathers. Now is it well to do so, or shall I send the assistant civil chieftain to the men?" Hoshkanyi spoke like a schoolboy who was delivering a disagreeable message.
The place where Those Above were thought to be accessible to the intercession of man was the cave adjoining, but there was no communication between the two chambers. Presently the cacique crept back to where they had left Topanashka alone, and Hoshkanyi followed. The former resumed his seat by the hearth, whereas the tapop cowered in front of him.
A low doorway led from this room into another, and beyond that there was even a third cell, so that Hoshkanyi Tihua, the civil chief of the Queres, enjoyed the luxury of occupying three apartments. Still this was not the dwelling which he commonly inhabited.
For while Hoshkanyi was a weak man, while he was mortally afraid of his inflexibly honest colleague, the maseua Topanashka, he was dependent upon Tyope and upon the chief of the Delight Makers, because both belonged to his clan.
Was he inspired by Those Above? Did the Shiuana speak through him? Was there danger for the tribe? At all events the conference had come to a close, for the cacique had bent his head, and spoke no more. "Trouashatze, sa umo," said Topanashka, and left the room. Hoshkanyi followed hurriedly. The cacique took no notice of their departure.
He stopped short and fastened his eyes on the floor. Hoshkanyi sighed, and appeared to be much embarrassed. "I don't know what to do," the little man stuttered. "Have you been asked to do anything?" "Yes, they have " He stopped, sighed again, and then proceeded hastily and with an expression of anguish in his face, "Shyuamo hanutsh asks that Tzitz hanutsh " The Hotshanyi commanded him to desist.
It was manifest however from what Hoshkanyi had involuntarily divulged, that the clan Shyuamo intended to press some claim against the small Water clan, which besides was so distantly located from the abodes and the lands of the Turquoise that he could see no just reason for a claim. It was equally impossible for him to imagine the nature of the claim.
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