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Updated: June 23, 2025
The tapop broke the silence by turning officially to the principal shaman and asking him, "Sa umo yaya, what do you hold concerning the demand of our children from Shyuamo?" The Chayan raised his face, his eyes sparkled. He gave his reply in a positive tone, "I hold it is well, provided Tzitz hanutsh is satisfied."
She cast hers to the ground, and he proceeded, "As long as you are here, the tapop and I cannot speak." She lifted her head angrily, with the manifest intention of rebelling, but as soon as her eyes met the cold, determined glance of the war-chief, she felt a chill, rose, and left the room.
Some had their misgivings concerning the real object of the move which every one felt certain Tyope and the Koshare Naua had set on foot; and when the tapop summoned Tyope to speak at last, there was something like a subdued flutter among the audience. Many turned their heads in the direction of the speaker, others displayed in their features the marks of unusual attention.
So they chose Hoshkanyi, as a member of the Turquoise clan, and proposed him for the office of tapop, or civil chief.
Close to the fire the tapop had squatted, with three aged men by his side in the same posture. All three wore short, black wraps with red stripes. We recognize in one of these men, who sit with humble, downcast looks, the chief penitent, or Hotshanyi; the other two are his assistants, the shaykatze and the uishtyaka.
"I understand your words, Tapop, but you know that I have only to act, whereas it is your office to speak." The cool reply exasperated the little man. He retorted sharply, "And yet you have often spoken in the council, when your hanutsh wanted something!" Topanashka lifted his eyes and gazed fully, calmly, at the other; he even suppressed a smile.
The delegate from Tanyi jumped up, yelling, "Why do you want the ground from Tzitz alone? Why not our field also;" and he placed himself defiantly in front of Tyope. The member from Huashpa cried, "Are the Water people perhaps to blame for the drought of last year?" "They are!" screamed the Koshare Naua, rising; "Tapop, I want to speak; make order!"
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.
At the time of which we are speaking, the chief civil officer of the tribe at the Rito, its tapop, or as he is now called, governor, was an Indian whose name was Hoshkanyi Tihua. Hoshkanyi Tihua was a man of small stature; his head was nearly round, or rather pear-shaped, for the lower jaw appeared to be broader than the forehead.
"My brother from Shyuamo then said to me, 'See here, nashtio Tapop, there are the people from Tzitz; they are the least in numbers on the Tyuonyi, and yet they have as much ground as we; and they raised as much maize and even more beans, for they are higher up than we, and get more water than we.
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