Now tell me, can any mortal man put out that moon before her hour of setting, and bring the curtain of black night down upon the land ?" The chief laughed a little at the question.

"No, my lord, that no man can do.

The moon is stronger than man who looks on her, nor can she vary in her courses." "Ye say so.

Yet I tell you that to-morrow night, about two hours before midnight, we will cause the moon to be eaten up for a space of an hour and half an hour.

Yes, deep darkness shall cover the earth, and it shall be for a sign that Ignosi is indeed king of the Kukuanas.