And the love-stricken chieftain forgot his people, and went in search of her, and they waited many moons for his return and mourned his long absence, but they never saw him more.
This was the beginning of a series of calamities which nearly destroyed the great tribe of Ah-wah-nee'-chees.

First a great drouth prevailed, and the crops failed, and the streams of water dried up.

The deer went wild and wandered away.

Then a dark cloud of smoke arose in the East and obscured the sun, so that it gave no heat, and many of the people perished from cold and hunger.
Then the earth shook terribly and groaned with great pain, and enormous rocks fell from the walls around Ah-wah'-nee.

The great dome called Tis-sa'-ack was burst asunder, and half of it fell into the Valley.