She told her interlocutor that she must be right, or else why these regular returns and always during the season of rain?
Shotaye listened and listened; every word she heard was in confirmation of her own thoughts.

Say must be under the influence of some evil charm, and unless counteracted by magic, it was clear to her that the poor woman must succumb to its workings.
Whatever there is in nature which the Indian cannot grasp at once, he attributes to mysterious supernatural agencies.

He believes that nature is pervaded by spiritual essence individualized into an infinite number of distinct powers.

Everything in nature has a soul according to him, and it is that soul which causes it to move or to act upon its surroundings in general.

Thus the medical properties of animals, of plants, or minerals, are due to spiritual manifestations.