For Koay was sure to exact a full report of what had occurred; and to save himself, nothing remained but to tell her lies.

This he finally determined upon.

But to Tyope he could not lie; to Tyope he must tell the truth; and then?
Hoshkanyi Tihua wended his way home wrapped in thoughts of a very unsatisfactory nature.
While the governor of the Queres was thus agitated by unpleasant forebodings, the mind of the war-chief was not less occupied by gloomy thoughts.

Of all the leading men of the tribe, Topanashka saw perhaps most clearly the sinister machinations of some of the Turquoise people.
Still he had not discovered, and could not even surmise, the real object of their intrigues.

Of an intention to divide the tribe he had no idea.
Personal ambition, greed, and thirst for influence was all he could think of; and he felt sure that they would not prevail, for to personal ambition the tribal system afforded little, if any, opportunity.