But while he evidently thought that at home the necessities of costume might be dispensed with, he had not abandoned the luxuries of ornamentation.

He wore on his naked body a necklace of wolves' teeth, ear pendants of black and green stones, and wristbands of red leather.

The latter he carried in order to relieve his heart, still heavy under the severe blow that he had experienced through the death of his father.
The tapop was also at work.

By means of the well-known fire-drill he was attempting to perforate a diminutive shell disk and thus transform it into the shell bead so essential to the Indian.

So intent was he upon this arduous task that he failed to notice the coming of Topanashka; and the latter stood beside him for a little while, an impassive observer.
At last Hoshkanyi Tihua looked up, and the visitor said to him,-- "Umo, you have sent for me and I have come.