No presents could reconcile her to her situation.

The two forsaken wives never ceased annoying her, and their children assisted them.

The young wife had not the courage to resent their ill treatment, for the loss of her lover had broken her heart.

But that lover did not seem to be in such despair as she was--he did not quit the village, or drown himself, or commit any act of desperation.

He lounged and smoked as much as ever.
On one occasion when Shah-co-pee was absent from the village the lovers met.
They had to look well around them, for the two old wives were always on the look out for something to tell of the young one; but there was no one near.