What do you think ?" "It is well, and it is good for him and for the tribe," the old man asserted.
"Afterward he came and said, 'Sanaya, I am going with that makatza; does she please you ?' I believe that was right also ?" "It was right." The woman omitted the incident of her quarrel with Okoya as well as her interview with Shotaye, and said,-- "He also went to Hayoue and told him to speak to me for him.

Was that right, sa nashtio ?" The old man remained thoughtful for a while, and then declared,-- "It was right." "Should he not have said to his father, 'sa nashtio, do you speak to the yaya for me' ?" The reply was very positive,-- "No." "Why not, sa umo ?" Hayoue interjected.
"I will explain this to you later on," Topanashka answered.

Turning to his daughter again he inquired,-- "Who is the makatza, and to which hanutsh does she belong ?" "She belongs to your people." "To Tyame?
Who is her mother, and what is the name of the girl ?" "She is called Mitsha Koitza; Tyope Tihua is her father, and her mother you know too.

Is all that good also ?" The maseua pressed his lips together firmly, energetically, lowered his eyelids, and gazed before him in silence.

The others exchanged a rapid glance, and then both looked at the ground, remaining thus in expectation of the old man's reply.