I am not a principal, I cannot sit in council and speak, but withal I have noticed these doings for a long time.

I tell you, mot[=a]tza, that if the Delight Makers, the old fiend who rules them, and Tyope are not restrained very soon, there will be sorrow in the tribe; the people will become weak because they will be discontented, and finally the Moshome may come and destroy us all." "But if the Koshare are so powerful," retorted Okoya, "must I not be on my guard ?" "With some of them, to be sure.

Beware of Tyope and of the old rogue; they are base and dangerous men.

Avoid Shtiranyi, avoid Ture Tihua, Pesana, and the like of them.

But your father, Zashue, and Shiape, your grandfather's brother,--do you believe they would forsake you?
Mind, boy, even if the Koshare be against you, you are not lost.