The Turquoise men have everything close at hand,--the tapop, the place, everything, and everybody.

All we have is the maseua," he added laughing, "and he is very old." The laughter became general, and Tyope said in a tone of flattery,-- "Our nashtio is old, but he is still stronger than you, Tyame.

He is also wiser than all of us together.

Our father is very strong, runs like a deer, and his eye is that of an eagle." There was something like irony in this speech, but Topanashka took no notice of it.

He was looking for the tapop, a difficult task in the darkness, where a number of men are grouped in all kinds of postures.
Finally he inquired,-- "Where is Hoshkanyi ?" "Not here," came a reply from several voices.
"And the yaya ?" "Tza yaya," was the negative answer.
"Then we are not too late," said the war-chief, turning to Tyame.