He plied the woman with questions, sometimes of the most complex nature.

His conduct in this respect was characteristic of the suspicious nature of the Indian generally.

The leaders of the Tehuas mistrusted Shotaye still, notwithstanding her clear and positive talk; and they had instructed the Tano to keep her company and to probe her sincerity and veracity still further.

But she was more than a match for all of them.

She saw through the maze of the very confused and bewildering interrogatory, and her replies were such as to absolutely confirm the Tehuas in the good opinion they had conceived of her.