Whatever the interpreter reported to the tuyo that was of any value to the military operations impending, was immediately communicated to the war-chief through a special runner, for that functionary was in the field already with his men.
Shotaye made use of her conversations with the Tano Indian to direct the attention of the Tehuas toward Tyope.

She described him as the leading warrior and the most influential man on the Rito, as the pivot around which everything revolved and on whose life much would depend.

But she was artful enough not to depict Tyope as a bad man, lest the Tehuas might infer her real purpose.

She spoke of him as a man dangerous through his good qualities, and as a formidable adversary.

In short her words produced such an effect that the governor himself came to interrogate her on the subject, and even caused the war-chief to return from the field on the fourth day, and had him visit Shotaye in company with the interpreter and secure a detailed and accurate description of this dangerous individual.