Then they went to the medicine-man and consulted him about the propriety of taking Shotaye along into the field, that she might point out the great warrior who, so they had become convinced, must be killed at all hazards in order to insure success.

On the evening of the sixth day, therefore, Shotaye wandered over to Tzirege in company with the commander himself.
Shortly after their arrival among the group of warriors where the war-chief had taken his position, runners came from the south with news that they had detected several Queres in full war-paint creeping northward from the brink of the Rito.

These runners were at once ordered back, with strict injunctions to the scouts not to impede the enemy's movements, but to suffer them to advance.

The Tehuas were quite scattered, particularly in the front, as is usually the case with bodies of Indians on the war-path.

The main bodies concealed themselves between the Tzirege and a deep and broad ravine farther south, called to-day Canada Ancha.