The rainbow fascinated the boy, not through its brilliancy and the perfection of the arch, but because the rainbow was in his conception Shiuana, and a messenger from Those Above.[10] Where the ends of the luminous arch appear to rest, a message from heaven is said to be deposited.

No more favourable token could have greeted him, for although the message was not for him, since the brilliant bow seemed to stand far off from the Rito, still the Shiuana, the spirits, graced the sky with their presence.

They appeared clad in the brightest hues, and what is bright and handsome is to the Indian a harbinger of good.
No wonder, therefore, that the boy greeted his mother with a happy face and a pleasant smile.

He had passed Shotaye in the entrance, and his salutation to her was widely different from the gruff notice he had taken of her in the morning.

When, afterward, he met his mother's gaze and saw how kindly she looked at him, how warm her invitation to come in sounded, his heart bounded with delight, and he obeyed her summons with a deep sigh of relief.