She broke off several pieces and, finding it yielded so readily to her beating, it occurred to her that this metal would be very serviceable to her countrymen if she should find them again.

While she was meditating on what was to be done the thought struck her that it would be advisable to attach as many pieces of copper to her dress as she could and then proceed into the interior in search of some inhabitants who, she supposed, would give her a favourable reception on account of the treasure she had brought.
It happened that she met her own relations and the young men, elated with the account she had given of the hill, made her instantly return with them, which she was enabled to do, having taken the precaution of putting up marks to indicate the path.

The party reached the spot in safety but the story had a melancholy catastrophe.

These youths, overcome by excess of joy, gave loose to their passions and offered the grossest insults to their benefactress.

She powerfully resisted them for some time and, when her strength was failing, fled to the point of the mountain as the only place of security.