But in the wind and the night they lost their path, and when at length the dawn came they were in a forest that was strange to them.
They rested awhile, and finding berries ate them, then walked again.
All that day they wandered, till at last the night came down, and they plucked branches of trees and piled the branches over them for warmth, and they were so weary that they fell asleep in each other's arms.

At dawn they rose, but now they were very tired and berries were few, so that by midday they were spent.

Then they lay down on the side of a steep hill, and Nada laid her head upon the breast of Umslopogaas.
"Here let us die, my brother," she said.
But even then the boy had a great spirit, and he answered, "Time to die, sister, when Death chooses us.

See, now! Do you rest here, and I will climb the hill and look across the forest." So he left her and climbed the hill, and on its side he found many berries and a root that is good for food, and filled himself with them.
At length he came to the crest of the hill and looked out across the sea of green.

Lo! there, far away to the east, he saw a line of white that lay like smoke against the black surface of a cliff, and knew it for the waterfall beyond the royal town.