Keeping aloof from the men's society to a certain extent, he was more attracted by the women.

It was especially Mitsha Koitza, Tyope's good-looking daughter, who attracted him; and he began to pay attentions to her in a manner in keeping with his wild temperament.

Tyope, strange to say, was pleased to notice this.

He would have been happy to have given his child to the savage, but he had no right to interfere in the matter of marriage, for this belonged to the girl's own clan to arrange.

The clan was that of the Eagle, and Topanashka was its most influential member, its leading spirit.