The governor rose also, but was so embarrassed and excited that he would have run out as he was, in almost complete undress, had not the maseua reminded him by saying,-- "Remember that we are going to the Shiuana," adding, "take some meal along." "Have you any with you ?" inquired Hoshkanyi, with a venomous look.

The other responded quietly,-- "I do not need any.

You are seeking their advice, not I." That settled the matter.
As both went out, Koay, who had been sitting as close by the doorway as possible, snappishly asked her husband,-- "Where are you going, hachshtze ?" Topanashka took the trouble of satisfying her curiosity by dryly answering,-- "About our own business." The icy look with which he accompanied his retort subdued the woman.
The Hotshanyi, or chief penitent, lived with the people of the Prairie-wolf clan.

His abode consisted of two caves on the lower and one on the upper tier.

The two officers of the tribe wandered slowly along the cliffs, past the abodes of the Sun clan, Topanashka walking as usual,--erect, with his head bent slightly forward,--Hoshkanyi with a pompous air, glad to display himself in company with his much more respected colleague, to whom all the pleasant greetings which the two received on their peregrination were really directed.