Koay looked at him carelessly, and said in a very cool manner,-- "I want to hear that talk." "But I will not allow it," interposed Topanashka; and his cold, piercing eye rested on the woman's face.

She cast hers to the ground, and he proceeded,-- "As long as you are here, the tapop and I cannot speak." She lifted her head angrily, with the manifest intention of rebelling, but as soon as her eyes met the cold, determined glance of the war-chief, she felt a chill, rose, and left the room.

Hoshkanyi Tihua drew a sigh of relief; he was grateful to his visitor for having so summarily despatched his formidable spouse.

Then he said,-- "Umo, I have sent for you because a speech has been spoken here in this house, which belongs to my mother.

That speech may be good and it may not be good, and I cared not to tell my thoughts until I had spoken to you, nashtio.