And there were owl's feathers along with the corn.

It was night, and I could not hear what they said.

It was in the beginning of winter; not last winter, but the winter before." "Is that all ?" inquired the Hishtanyi Chayan in turn.

It displeased him to hear that Tyope had been eavesdropping in the dark,--the man had no business in the big house at night.
"I know also," continued Tyope, "that Shotaye gathered the feathers herself on the kauash toward the south." "Did you see her ?" "Yes," boldly asserted Tyope.

He lied, for he dared not tell the truth; namely, that the young Navajo was his informant.
"Is that all ?" queried the Hishtanyi again.
"After we, the Koshare, had prayed and done penance in our own kaaptsh I at one time went back to the timbers on which we climb up to the cave.
At their foot, below the rocks, I found this!" He drew from beneath his wrap a little bundle, and handed it to the shaman, who examined it closely and gave it to his colleagues, who subjected the object to an equally thorough investigation.