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"I don't know," she replied, going on with her work, "and yet I know this much, that sa nashtio does not fast. He ate with us and is going about as usual." "What may it all mean?" he inquired of her. She shrugged her shoulders, and asked, "Does Tyope do penance?" In view of the intimate relations existing between Tyope and Zashue this was a very natural question, and yet it stung Zashue.
"Last night the uuityam was together, and to-day the yaya and the nashtio are fasting." Okoya innocently asked, "Why do they fast?" "That is just what I want to know," Hayoue impatiently exclaimed, "but surely it bodes nothing good." "Why should the wise men want something that is evil?" said the other, in surprise.
Hoshkanyi Tihua drew a sigh of relief; he was grateful to his visitor for having so summarily despatched his formidable spouse. Then he said, "Umo, I have sent for you because a speech has been spoken here in this house, which belongs to my mother. That speech may be good and it may not be good, and I cared not to tell my thoughts until I had spoken to you, nashtio.
"Then ask him," sternly commanded the old man. Almost trembling, the tapop turned to Topanashka, who was sitting immovable, with lips firmly set and sparkling eyes. "Will you call the council together, nashtio?" "No!" exclaimed the maseua. "You have heard what your brother says," coldly proceeded the cacique; "you know now what you are to do.
At least he was there when I went away." "Is he doing penance?" Okoya stared at Hayoue in astonishment. "No, he ate with us. Why should he fast?" "Do you know," Hayoue continued to inquire, "that the nashtio of Tzitz and the nashtio of Tyame are fasting?" "I did not, but I know that the Hishtanyi Chayan is at work." Hayoue extended his neck and pricked up his ears.
The two men from Shyuamo affected to pay no further attention to what was going on. Topanashka Tihua remained sitting. He directed his sharp, keen glance to the Hishtanyi Chayan, as if to him alone he condescended to speak. Then he said, "I believe as you do, nashtio yaya, but I also believe as you, Tyope, have spoken."
Members of the clans whose delegates kept secluded became suspicious of the fact that their nashtio appealed more particularly to the higher powers, and hence that his constituents such was their conclusion were in danger of something as yet concealed from the people. Suspicion led to envy, and finally to wrath against such as appeared to be free from the necessity of intercession.
"Sa nashtio," called Shyuote over to where the brothers were weeding in silence, "come over here; I must tell you something, but I must tell it to you alone." Hayoue at once turned away, while Zashue called the lad to him. But Shyuote protested, saying that only his father was to hear his communication, and Zashue at last went where the boy was standing.
At all events, fasting and purifications were a sure sign that serious affairs were in process of development, and such proceedings on the part of some of the nashtio could not fail to produce results the opposite of what the shaman had intended.
"Nashtio," he whispered, "there are Moshome to the left of us." "Many?" Tyope inquired hastily. "Six of them have been noticed." That was exceedingly alarming. He directed the man to stay on the spot, while he glided through the bushes to where the Hishtanyi Chayan had spent the night. The medicine-man was awake, and looked at the captain in astonishment.
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