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The eyes of the young savage flamed like living coals. "Then you shall not have my child!" exclaimed Tyope. "I will get her. You may help me or not!" "I dare you to do it," Tyope hissed. Nacaytzusle looked straight at him.
"What dost thou mean, Nacaytzusle?" inquired the victorious Navajo. "Go thou back to the hogan," whispered Nacaytzusle to him, "and tell the men to be there," pointing southwestward, "four days from now. I will be there and will speak to them." The other nodded. "Let us go," said he. They moved off in silence without casting another glance at the dead. Their direction was southwest.
If now they find the body and see that this" he pointed to the skin "is gone, they will think it is one of those up here" waving his hand to the north "that has done it." Nacaytzusle, for he was indeed the second Navajo, nodded approvingly and suffered the other to go on. Cutting, scraping, tearing, and pulling, he at last succeeded in making a deep incision around the skull.
The sound of a breaking or bending twig, faint though audible, caused him to crouch behind a cedar bush again. He held his breath, listened, and peered through the branches. Soon a man appeared, a Navajo; but whether it was Nacaytzusle or not, he could not discover. The Indian glided across the open space as noiselessly as a spectre, and disappeared in a northerly direction.
The Indian was unknown to him, and Tyope said eagerly, "The badger must be hiding near where the fire is. We should cut off his trail to the north. Nacaytzusle went too far east; there" he pointed toward the northeast "is where he ought to stand." Tyope spoke the Navajo language fluently. "Thou art right," said the other; "go thither, and we will be closer together."
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