All her heart was yearning toward that far away mesa.

"Wagalexa Conka--cola!" she whispered, for "cola" is the Sioux word for friend.

Aloud she dared not speak the word, lest some tricksy breeze carry it to him and fill him with; anger because she had betrayed his friendship.

"Wagalexa Conka--cola! cola!" Friendship that was dead--but she yearned for it the more.

And it seemed to her as she whispered, that Wagalexa Conka was very, very near.