The Arrow Maker Austin, Mary Hunter Derived Text Format to access the structural information conversion Mathias Göbel TextGrid CC-BY-4.0 Lizenzvertrag Mary Hunter Austin, 1868 – 1934 The Arrow Maker: A Drama in Three Acts by Mary Austin ... New York Duffield and Company xiii, 128 p. FIRST INDIAN TUIYO CHOCO TRIBESMEN MEN AND WOMEN PAMAQUASH MEN TAVWOTS OLD MEN SEYAVI THE CHISERA YAVI THE COUNCIL WHITE FLOWER WOMEN OMNES SPARROW-HAWK YOUNG MEN WACOBA A WOMAN INDIANS BRIGHT WATER TIAWA SIMWA SEEGOOCHE WINNEDUMAH CHIEF PADAHOON HAIWAI Drama Prose data extraction from source 1911 First performed: February 27, 1911

Dedicated

IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO

H. C. H.

AS ONE WHO AMONG MANY PROTESTANTS

MADE GOOD

PERSONS OF THE DRAMA IN THE ORDER OF THEIR APPEARANCE CHOCO Fighting Man . WINNEDUMAH Fighting Man . PAMAQUASH Fighting Man . TAVWOTS Fighting Man . YAVI A Youth . SEEGOOCHE The Chief's Wife . TIAWA A Very Old Woman . WACOBA Wife to Pamaquash . THE CHISERA. Medicine Woman of the Paiutes . BRIGHT WATER. The Chief's Daughter . TUIYO Friend of Bright Water . WHITE FLOWER Friend of Bright Water . PIOKE Friend of Bright Water . SIMWA The Arrow Maker . PADAHOON Rival to Simwa for Leadership . RAIN WIND Chief of the Paiutes . HAIWAI A Young Matron .
ORIGINAL CAST THE NEW THEATRE "THE ARROW MAKER" A PLAY OF AMERICAN INDIAN LIFE BY MARY AUSTIN SYNOPSIS OF SCENES The action takes place in the foothills of the Sierras, California. Time — Prior to the white occupation of California . ACT I. THE CHISERA'S WICKIUP. VALLEY OF SAGHARAWITE NOTE — Between Acts I and II the orchestra will play an entr'acte, "The Arrow Maker," based on Indian themes. Composed by MR. ELLIOTT SCHENCK. ACT II. THE CAMP OF SAGHARAWITE. THREE MONTHS LATER Intermission — Fifteen Minutes ACT III. THE TOP OF TOORAPE. ONE YEAR LATER MR. STEWART BAIRD MR. JOHN SUTHERLAND MR. REGINALD BARLOW MR. ALBERT EASDALE MR. EDWIN CUSHMAN MR. PEDRO DE CORDOBA MISS ETHEL BRANDON MISS HELEN REIMER MISS OLIVE OLIVER MISS EDITH WYNNE MATTHISON MISS LEAH BATEMAN-HUNTER MISS ELSIE HERNDON KEARNS MISS LEWISE SEYMOUR MISS BARBARA KING MR. FRANK GILLMORE MR. BEN JOHNSON MR. E. M. HOLLAND MISS MARY DOYLE

FIGHTING MEN, OLD MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF THE SAGHARAWITES — A SMALL TRIBE OF THE PAIUTE INDIANS

INCIDENTAL MUSIC AND DANCES, BASED ON INDIAN THEMES, COMPOSED BY MR. ELLIOTT SCHENCK.

SONGS AND CHANTS IN THE PLAY TAKEN FROM PHONOGRAPHIC RECORDS OF INDIAN MUSIC.

DANCES TAUGHT BY CHIEF RED EAGLE.

COSTUMES AND PROPERTIES DESIGNED FROM EXAMPLES IN THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY.

SCENERY PAINTED BY MESSRS. UNITT & WICKES.

"THE ARROW MAKER" HAS BEEN STAGED BY THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF THE NEW THEATRE STAFF: MR. GEORGE FOSTER PLATT PRODUCER MR. FREDERICK STANHOPE ASSISTANT PRODUCER MR. ELLIOTT SCHENCK MUSICAL DIRECTOR MR. E. HAMILTON BELL ART DIRECTOR MR. WILFRID NORTH STAGE MANAGER
ACT FIRST

SCENE. — The hut of the CHISERA, in the foothills of the Sierras. It stands at the mouth of a steep, dark cañon, opening toward the valley of Sagharawite. At the back rise high and barren cliffs where eagles nest; at the foot of the cliffs runs a stream, hidden by willow and buckthorn and toyon. The wickiup is built in the usual Paiute fashion, of long willows set about a circular pit, bent over to form a dome, thatched with reeds and grass. About the hut lie baskets and blankets, a stone metate, other household articles, all of the best quality; in front is a clear space overflowing with knee-deep many-coloured bloom of the California spring. A little bank that runs from the wickiup to the toyon bushes is covered with white forget-me-nots. The hearth fire between two stones is quite out, but the deer-skin that screens the opening of the hut is caught up at one side, a sign that the owner is not far from home, or expects to return soon .

At first glance the scene appears devoid of life, but suddenly the call of a jay bird is heard faintly and far up the trail that leads to the right among the rocks. It is repeated nearer at hand, perfectly imitated but with a nuance that advises of human origin, and two or three half-naked Indians are seen to be making their way toward the bottom of the cañon, their movements so cunningly harmonized with the lines of the landscape as to render them nearly invisible . CHOCO, PAMAQUASH and WINNEDUMAH with two others come together at the end of the bank farthest from the CHISERA'S hut .

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The jay's call is heard and answered softly by PAMAQUASH.] CHOCO

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The news is received with sharp excited murmurs PAMAQUASH

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One of the Indians departs on this errand CHOCO

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[TAVWOTS comes down the cañon panting with speed. He drops exhausted on the bank, and one of the men gives him water between his palms from the creek CHOCO

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The news is received with consternation CHOCO

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To them enter three women of the campody of Sagharawite, carrying perfect-patterned, bowl-shaped baskets, with gifts of food for the CHISERA. SEEGOOCHE, the Chief's wife, is old and full of dignity . TIAWA is old and sharp, but WACOBA is a comfortable, comely matron, who wears a blanket modestly yet to conceal charms not past their prime . SEEGOOCHE and TIAWA wear basket caps, but WACOBA has a bandeau of bright beads about her hair. They show signs of agitation, instantly subdued at sight of the men SEEGOOCHE

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The men go out toward the camp SEEGOOCHE

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[The CHISERA comes out of the trail by the almond bushes, young and tall and comely, but of dignified, almost forbidding carriage. She is dressed chiefly in skins; her hair is very long, braided with beads. She carries a small burden-basket on her back, supported by a band about her forehead. She removes this, and drops it at the hut, coming forward The CHISERA

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The women draw near timidly, each, as she speaks, picking up her basket and placing it at the CHISERA'S feet, and retire THE CHISERA

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The women cast dust on their hair and rock to and fro while the CHISERA speaks, casting up their arms in an agony of entreating THE CHISERA

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The young girls steal up noiselessly through the bushes, led by the Chief's daughter . BRIGHT WATER is lovely and young; her hair, flowing loosely over her shoulders and breast, is mingled with strings of beads and bright berries. Her dress of fringed buckskin is heavily beaded, her arms are weighted with armlets of silver and carved beads of turquoise; about her neck hangs a disc of glittering shell. She walks proudly, a little in advance of the others, who bunch up timidly like quail on the trail behind her. The women, catching sight of the girls, spring up, frightened, and stand half protectingly between them and the CHISERA.] TIAWA

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The girls retire after dropping their gifts in the CHISERA'S basket THE CHISERA

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The CHISERA gathers up the gifts that the older women have brought and goes into the hut. The girls take up their gifts, puzzled SEEGOOCHE

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They go out, the girls with them. But BRIGHT WATER lingers, and comes back to the CHISERA.] BRIGHT WATER

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Takes amulet from her neck and holds it out THE CHISERA

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The first note of the love call is heard far up the cliffs. The CHISERA starts and controls herself THE CHISERA

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Goes over to hut. The love call sounds nearer BRIGHT WATER

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As she sings , SIMWA, in full war dress, comes dropping down, hand over hand, from the rocks, until he stands beside her SIMWA

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He sits on the bank and the CHISERA sits below him THE CHISERA

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Puts his arm about her THE CHISERA

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She leans upon his arm SIMWA

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A war-whoop is heard at a distance THE CHISERA

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He passes on to the CHISERA, standing stiffly with strained attention by her hut . SIMWA hesitates, recovers himself and passes out with the appearance of indifference

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He spreads them out before the CHISERA, who is seated by the hut, feathering a prayer-stick THE CHISERA

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As he stands again, his hands are folded inside his arms; he is not so sure of his errand THE CHISERA

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She goes into the hut and lets fall the curtain. Enter certain of the old men and boys to prepare for the council WINNEDUMAH

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As the preparations have gone forward, the sound of the drums and rattles, with an occasional subdued whoop, has drawn nearer, and the fighting men, led by the CHIEF, in full fighting gear, arrive in single file in line to the drums. The procession breaks into groups in the open space before the CHISERA'S hut CHIEF

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Eleven of the elders seat themselves in a circle about the fire, turning toward the CHIEF. The others stand or sit attentively in the background THE CHISERA

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[WINNEDUMAH lights the medicine fire CHIEF

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Goes and sits beside CHIEF.] CHIEF

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Sits with great dignity CHOCO

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A murmur of approval from the Council TAVWOTS

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This is thought well of by the bystanders CHOCO

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General approval CHIEF

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Seats himself amid general approval OLD MEN

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The CHISERA produces the sticks from her medicine bag, and hands them to one of the Old Men. To each of the others who will dance with her ( five or six ) she gives a fetich from her bag. They have already put on appropriate head-dresses and are prepared for dancing. She motions the rattles to begin. Behind her are the Old Men, with the drums and rattles; on each side, the Fighting Men seated on the ground. The dance begins, the CHISERA singing. The Old Men keep up a crooning accompaniment; from time to time the Fighting Men join the singing and exhibit a growing excitement as the dance progresses. At the last, the CHISERA, whirling rapidly, falls to the ground. Instantly the rattles are stopped, and the people wait in suspense the word of the gods. The women are seen to steal up through the toyon bushes. The CHISERA lifts herself slowly on one elbow, as if waking from a drugged sleep. She stretches out her hand for the sacred sticks. She drops them with a quick turn of the wrist, gathers them up and drops them again, seeking for an augury. She throws up the arm with the medicine stick and begins to chant THE CHISERA

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The Indians break into a great shout for SIMWA. RAIN WIND puts a collar of bears' claws about SIMWA'S neck, lifts his war-bonnet and places it on his head . SIMWA raises his war club with a great shout, dancing about the half-prostrate form of the CHISERA, the Fighting Men one by one falling into the dance with wild exultant movements, chanting

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CURTAIN
ACT SECOND

SCENE. — The campody of Sagharawite, three months later, near the new wickiup of the Arrow Maker. At the right, the house of RAIN WIND, and behind all, a spring under a clump of dwarf oaks. A little trail runs between stones to connect the Arrow Maker with the rest of the campody, and beyond it the valley rises gently to the Sierra foothills, brooding under the spring haze. A little to the fore of SIMWA'S house lies a great heap of blankets, baskets and camp utensils, displayed to the best advantage, the wedding dower of the Chief's daughter. By her father's house BRIGHT WATER is being dressed for bridal by her young companions. They braid her hair, paint her face, tie her moccasins and arrange her beads over the robe of white doeskin; they laugh as they work and are happily important as is the custom of bridesmaids .

At the left and back SIMWA, TAVWOTS and others are gambling with dice made of halves of black walnut hulls, filled with pitch, the numbers indicated by bits of shell embedded in the pitch. They are shaken in a small basket and turned out on a basket plaque .

The older men look on, smoking . TAVWOTS is broad-faced and merry, and does not neglect to ogle the girls at intervals, which causes them to giggle and hide their heads in their blankets. The men have on their holiday dress, especially the younger companions of SIMWA.

 TAVWOTS

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SIMWA

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INDIANS

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TAVWOTS

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SIMWA

Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 7 chars .

SEEGOOCHE

Contains 23 words in 1 sentence using 124 chars .

The women assist her, spreading it in front of SIMWA'S house TIAWA

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SEEGOOCHE

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WACOBA

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SEEGOOCHE

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WACOBA

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TIAWA

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 59 chars .

SEEGOOCHE

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 44 chars .

She passes to her own hut and brings out grain and pine nuts, with which the other women fill their ceremonial baskets TIAWA

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HAIWAI

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SEEGOOCHE

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HAIWAI

Contains 17 words in 1 sentence using 78 chars .

Showing him about proudly TIAWA

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

TUIYO

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Still seated, she reaches up her arms for the child and coos over it BRIGHT WATER

Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 8 chars .

Contains 19 words in 3 sentences using 107 chars .

WHITE FLOWER

Contains 17 words in 1 sentence using 78 chars .

[BRIGHT WATER gives back the child to its mother in great confusion HAIWAI

Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 73 chars .

SEEGOOCHE

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TIAWA

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TUIYO

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SEEGOOCHE

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TUIYO

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BRIGHT WATER

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WHITE FLOWER

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TUIYO

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The girls all rise TAVWOTS

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BRIGHT WATER

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[SIMWA answers with his eyes TAVWOTS

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BRIGHT WATER

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The girls go out TAVWOTS

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SIMWA

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TAVWOTS

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SIMWA

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TAVWOTS

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SIMWA

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FIRST INDIAN

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YAVI

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TAVWOTS

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SIMWA

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TAVWOTS

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SIMWA

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TAVWOTS

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CHIEF

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SEEGOOCHE

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CHIEF

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SEEGOOCHE

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CHIEF

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TAVWOTS

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SIMWA

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TAVWOTS

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SIMWA

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TAVWOTS

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SIMWA

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TAVWOTS

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SIMWA

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TAVWOTS

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CHIEF

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TAVWOTS

Contains 25 words in 3 sentences using 141 chars .

[SIMWA and the younger men go out CHIEF

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TAVWOTS

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CHIEF

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TAVWOTS

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CHIEF

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TAVWOTS

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CHIEF

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TAVWOTS

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INDIANS

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CHIEF

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 67 chars .

Enter from the left , CHOCO and PAMAQUASH and another, carrying game TAVWOTS

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CHOCO

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CHIEF

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CHOCO

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CHIEF

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CHOCO

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CHIEF

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OLD MEN

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CHIEF

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CHOCO

Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 56 chars .

MEN

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

CHIEF

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars .

CHOCO

Contains 32 words in 3 sentences using 164 chars .

CHIEF

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 36 chars .

CHOCO

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 45 chars .

CHIEF

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TAVWOTS

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PADAHOON

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CHIEF

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PADAHOON

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TAVWOTS

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

PADAHOON

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PAMAQUASH

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PADAHOON

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CHIEF

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PADAHOON

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CHIEF

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PADAHOON

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CHIEF

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PADAHOON

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CHIEF

Contains 28 words in 4 sentences using 129 chars .

He goes out, followed by all but TAVWOTS and PADAHOON.] TAVWOTS

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PADAHOON

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TAVWOTS

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PADAHOON

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TAVWOTS

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PADAHOON

Contains 22 words in 1 sentence using 105 chars .

PAMAQUASH

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PADAHOON

Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 85 chars .

TAVWOTS

Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 97 chars .

PADAHOON

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 50 chars .

A pause full of significance TAVWOTS

Contains 32 words in 6 sentences using 178 chars .

CHOCO

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 54 chars .

The men move in the direction of the merry-making and are met by the younger people, laughing and shouting for SIMWA. PADAHOON watches them bitterly for a while, and, revolving many things, draws his blanket up and departs in the direction of the CHISERA'S hut . YOUNG MEN

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 52 chars .

PAMAQUASH

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 44 chars .

Laughter and approval SIMWA

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 48 chars .

TAVWOTS

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 58 chars .

SIMWA

Contains 73 words in 5 sentences using 404 chars .

YOUNG MEN

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 51 chars .

The cries increasing , TAVWOTS is pushed forward to dance, others cry for PAMAQUASH and YAVI, who join TAVWOTS, laughing, to dance the blanket dance, all the others singing and keeping time with swaying bodies. The girls hover about the dancers, and as at certain points in the dance the YOUNG MEN attempt to cast their blankets about the heads of the girls, they duck and squeal. Finally, amid much laughter, each dancer captures a girl, rubbing his cheek against hers, the Indian equivalent of a kiss. With great merriment the crowd moves off in the direction of the mesa, disclosing PADAHOON and the CHISERA, who have come up unobserved PADAHOON

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THE CHISERA

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PADAHOON

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THE CHISERA

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PADAHOON

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THE CHISERA

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PADAHOON

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THE CHISERA

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PADAHOON

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THE CHISERA

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PADAHOON

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THE CHISERA

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

PADAHOON

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THE CHISERA

Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 95 chars .

PADAHOON

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THE CHISERA

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PADAHOON

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THE CHISERA

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PADAHOON

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THE CHISERA

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PADAHOON

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THE CHISERA

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PADAHOON

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THE CHISERA

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PADAHOON

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THE CHISERA

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 36 chars .

PADAHOON

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THE CHISERA

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PADAHOON

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THE CHISERA

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PADAHOON

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

THE CHISERA

Contains 24 words in 2 sentences using 133 chars .

PADAHOON

Contains 51 words in 3 sentences using 261 chars .

THE CHISERA

Contains 42 words in 2 sentences using 201 chars .

SPARROW-HAWK

Contains 25 words in 3 sentences using 124 chars .

THE CHISERA

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 54 chars .

PADAHOON

Contains 36 words in 1 sentence using 164 chars .

THE CHISERA

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 38 chars .

PADAHOON

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THE CHISERA

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars .

PADAHOON

Contains 30 words in 4 sentences using 140 chars .

THE CHISERA

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

TIAWA

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

SEEGOOCHE

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

[BRIGHT WATER enters with the young girls, laughing and talking. Her hair is braided with golden poppies and falls over her shoulders. She sees the CHISERA standing, tall and still, by SIMWA'S hut, her whole figure shrouded in a blanket, which is drawn up to cover all of her face but the eyes BRIGHT WATER

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 67 chars .

SEEGOOCHE

Contains 9 words in 3 sentences using 43 chars .

BRIGHT WATER

Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 86 chars .

SEEGOOCHE

Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 66 chars .

BRIGHT WATER

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THE CHISERA

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

BRIGHT WATER

Contains 22 words in 2 sentences using 117 chars .

SEEGOOCHE

Contains 22 words in 3 sentences using 118 chars .

THE CHISERA

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars .

The elder men have entered, among them RAIN WIND.] CHIEF

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

TIAWA

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars .

MEN

Contains 3 words in 3 sentences using 13 chars .

Exchanging glances of inquiry and amazement CHIEF

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

WACOBA

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 9 chars .

MEN

Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 9 chars .

CHIEF

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 32 chars .

TIAWA

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

The Indians draw close in two groups, the women together and the men on the other side. They watch the CHISERA uneasily . BRIGHT WATER stands a little apart, the bridesmaids moving timidly toward the elder women . THE CHISERA

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 54 chars .

BRIGHT WATER

Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 19 chars .

The young men enter, with SIMWA in their midst, painted and befeathered as befits a handsome brave on his wedding day. Observing the CHISERA, he checks and alters in his walk SIMWA

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 8 chars .

THE CHISERA

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 52 chars .

SIMWA

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars .

THE CHISERA

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 59 chars .

BRIGHT WATER

Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 62 chars .

SIMWA

Contains 35 words in 5 sentences using 184 chars .

The married women take up their baskets and begin the ceremony of sprinkling the bride with nuts and seeds in token of fruitfulness THE CHISERA

Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 14 chars .

The women leave off, huddling together, looking fearfully at the CHISERA.] SEEGOOCHE

Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 67 chars .

THE CHISERA

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 37 chars .

She droops in her blanket and turns away SEEGOOCHE

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars .

PADAHOON

Contains 31 words in 2 sentences using 169 chars .

CHIEF

Contains 23 words in 3 sentences using 114 chars .

PADAHOON

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 61 chars .

A murmur begins in the camp, but SIMWA takes it up instantly SIMWA

Contains 22 words in 2 sentences using 111 chars .

PADAHOON

Contains 17 words in 1 sentence using 69 chars .

CHIEF

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THE CHISERA

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CHIEF

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THE CHISERA

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CHIEF

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THE CHISERA

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CHIEF

Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 76 chars .

Grunts of appreciation THE CHISERA

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SIMWA

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INDIANS

Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 10 chars .

THE CHISERA

Contains 6 words in 4 sentences using 37 chars .

A short pause of embarrassment and consternation ensues. Then PADAHOON, in a manner meant to seem impartial — ] PADAHOON

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THE CHISERA

Contains 48 words in 6 sentences using 228 chars .

The Indians remain silent, but draw a little away from Simwa BRIGHT WATER

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 49 chars .

THE CHISERA

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BRIGHT WATER

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THE CHISERA

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INDIANS

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SIMWA

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TAVWOTS

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SIMWA

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SEEGOOCHE

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 79 chars .

SIMWA

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BRIGHT WATER

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SIMWA

Contains 45 words in 3 sentences using 232 chars .

BRIGHT WATER

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SIMWA

Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 66 chars .

PADAHOON

Contains 37 words in 1 sentence using 184 chars .

Murmurs. The CHISERA, in alarm, endeavours to check SCARFACE. SIMWA turns upon him with a snarl SIMWA

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 52 chars .

PADAHOON

Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 77 chars .

SIMWA

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

[SIMWA grasps a war weapon, a stone tied in a crotched stick, from the heap of wedding gifts, and smites PADAHOON to the earth, standing threateningly over him. The others stiffen into tense attitudes, drawing their blankets tighter, their eyes burning bright . PADAHOON draws the knife that hangs in a sheath at his neck . CHIEF

Contains 22 words in 3 sentences using 109 chars .

PADAHOON

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CHIEF

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PADAHOON

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CHIEF

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THE CHISERA

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PADAHOON

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[SIMWA lets slip his weapon from his hand to the ground CHIEF

Contains 16 words in 1 sentence using 74 chars .

SIMWA

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Murmurs of indignation SEEGOOCHE

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BRIGHT WATER

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THE CHISERA

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BRIGHT WATER

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SEEGOOCHE

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BRIGHT WATER

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THE CHISERA

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She turns toward SIMWA, faltering. He smiles contemptuously BRIGHT WATER

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THE CHISERA

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BRIGHT WATER

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THE CHISERA

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Drops the amulet and grinds it underfoot INDIANS

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THE CHISERA

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BRIGHT WATER

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THE CHISERA

Contains 161 words in 7 sentences using 770 chars .

CURTAIN
ACT THIRD

TIME. — One year later .

SCENE. — The top of Toorape where the tribe has been driven by their enemies of Tecuya. The women and children hide in their holes in the rocks. Off to the right on a jutting boulder, against the sky, stands YAVI, as sentinel; two or three wounded lie about. Crouching over the fire are SEEGOOCHE, WACOBA and TIAWA, showing in their dress and appearance the marks of a year of distress, as do all the others as they appear upon the scene .

 YAVI

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WACOBA

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

SEEGOOCHE

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WACOBA

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YAVI

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SEEGOOCHE

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TIAWA

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars .

[PADAHOON, weary and with disordered dress, comes clambering up the face of the cliff YAVI

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

TIAWA

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PADAHOON

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WOMEN

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Others come out of the rocks to join in the general grief WACOBA

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 52 chars .

PADAHOON

Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 67 chars .

WACOBA

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PADAHOON

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He goes up among the rocks, and the women huddle wretchedly together watching WACOBA

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SEEGOOCHE

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WACOBA

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TIAWA

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WACOBA

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TIAWA

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WACOBA

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SEEGOOCHE

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TIAWA

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SEEGOOCHE

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WACOBA

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 62 chars .

SEEGOOCHE

Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 11 chars .

[PADAHOON and the CHISERA come out of the hut. The CHISERA'S whole appearance is of heartbreak and neglect. She leans against the boulders at the left, holding her blanket close, and answers PADAHOON sullenly PADAHOON

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THE CHISERA

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PADAHOON

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THE CHISERA

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PADAHOON

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THE CHISERA

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PADAHOON

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THE CHISERA

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PADAHOON

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THE CHISERA

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PADAHOON

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THE CHISERA

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PADAHOON

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THE CHISERA

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She disappears among the rocks to the left, and PADAHOON turns to the women who crowd around him anxiously WACOBA

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TIAWA

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PADAHOON

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WOMEN

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SEEGOOCHE

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PADAHOON

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WACOBA

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TIAWA

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The women spit between their teeth with sharp hisses WACOBA

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PADAHOON

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TIAWA

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WOMEN

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PADAHOON

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WACOBA

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PADAHOON

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SEEGOOCHE

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PADAHOON

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WOMEN

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They go out THE CHISERA

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PADAHOON

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THE CHISERA

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PADAHOON

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THE CHISERA

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PADAHOON

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THE CHISERA

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PADAHOON

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THE CHISERA

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PADAHOON

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THE CHISERA

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Enter CHIEF RAIN WIND, stumbling blindly, led by his wife and followed at a respectful distance by the other women. He walks with dignity, in spite of his blindness, and has on all the insignia of rank except the war-bonnet . SEEGOOCHE has a hasty, eager manner, ingratiating but timid PADAHOON

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CHIEF

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SEEGOOCHE

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CHIEF

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THE CHISERA

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SEEGOOCHE

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THE CHISERA

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CHIEF

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SEEGOOCHE

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THE CHISERA

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Still with her eyes on the CHIEF, ignoring SEEGOOCHE.] CHIEF

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THE CHISERA

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SEEGOOCHE

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THE CHISERA

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SEEGOOCHE

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THE CHISERA

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SEEGOOCHE

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THE CHISERA

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SEEGOOCHE

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THE CHISERA

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SEEGOOCHE

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THE CHISERA

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SEEGOOCHE

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THE CHISERA

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From this moment some perception of the pervasive misery of the situation enters her mind and begins to colour her speech CHIEF

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THE CHISERA

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 69 chars .

CHIEF

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THE CHISERA

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 48 chars .

An arrow, with a feather and fragment of bark attached to it, is shot into the camp from the direction of the fighting . PADAHOON takes it up and carries it to the CHIEF, the others crowding about CHIEF

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

PADAHOON

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CHIEF

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

PADAHOON

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WOMEN

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They throw up their arms in despair CHIEF

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 41 chars .

All listen. A faint whoop is heard . PADAHOON answers with his mouth covered with his hand. The rest of the women and children come out of the rocks. Fighting men come clambering up the steep. They show torn clothing and streaks of blood. The women bring them the water bottles as they drop upon the ground . WACOBA's husband , PAMAQUASH, with an arrow in his side, leaps once in air and drops dead. His wife sinks on the ground beside him, rocking and moaning. One breaks his unstrung bow across his knees and stamps the pieces in the earth. Finally comes SIMWA, his war-bonnet bedraggled SIMWA

Contains 21 words in 2 sentences using 117 chars .

WACOBA

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

SIMWA

Contains 49 words in 5 sentences using 247 chars .

CHOCO

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

TAVWOTS

Contains 20 words in 1 sentence using 91 chars .

He draws the obsidian knife at his belt PADAHOON

Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 97 chars .

The men subside exhausted CHIEF

Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 86 chars .

SIMWA

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 47 chars .

TAVWOTS

Contains 20 words in 1 sentence using 104 chars .

Consternation among the women CHIEF

Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 21 chars .

SIMWA

Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 96 chars .

TAVWOTS

Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 81 chars .

SIMWA

Contains 69 words in 4 sentences using 352 chars .

Native movement of disgust TAVWOTS

Contains 25 words in 3 sentences using 128 chars .

SIMWA

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 44 chars .

TAVWOTS

Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 68 chars .

CHOCO

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 61 chars .

CHIEF

Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 70 chars .

TAVWOTS

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 61 chars .

SIMWA

Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 70 chars .

CHIEF

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 58 chars .

Shadows of vultures appear on the rocks, attracted by the dead . WACOBA springs up from casting dust upon her head to flap them away with her blanket, which she spreads over the body of her husband PADAHOON

Contains 19 words in 1 sentence using 89 chars .

The women gather together about the dead. One of them takes the place of the sentry who comes to Council. The men collect near the CHISERA'S hut with the exception of SIMWA, who remains seated, restringing his bow . BRIGHT WATER goes to him BRIGHT WATER

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 51 chars .

SIMWA

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars .

BRIGHT WATER

Contains 53 words in 3 sentences using 242 chars .

SIMWA

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars .

BRIGHT WATER

Contains 60 words in 7 sentences using 297 chars .

SIMWA

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

BRIGHT WATER

Contains 23 words in 1 sentence using 105 chars .

SIMWA

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

BRIGHT WATER

Contains 46 words in 2 sentences using 206 chars .

SIMWA

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 41 chars .

BRIGHT WATER

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 49 chars .

SIMWA

Contains 21 words in 2 sentences using 98 chars .

BRIGHT WATER

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 41 chars .

SIMWA

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

BRIGHT WATER

Contains 16 words in 1 sentence using 71 chars .

She turns away from him meditating some deep purpose, and from this time on the progress of that purpose in her mind is evident in her bearing toward her husband CHIEF

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 63 chars .

SIMWA

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 45 chars .

CHIEF

Contains 32 words in 3 sentences using 150 chars .

PADAHOON

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 63 chars .

CHIEF

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 34 chars .

PADAHOON

Contains 38 words in 3 sentences using 199 chars .

TAVWOTS

Contains 22 words in 2 sentences using 100 chars .

PADAHOON

Contains 51 words in 2 sentences using 260 chars .

CHOCO

Contains 21 words in 2 sentences using 111 chars .

TAVWOTS

Contains 20 words in 1 sentence using 85 chars .

PADAHOON

Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 90 chars .

CHIEF

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

PADAHOON

Contains 39 words in 2 sentences using 210 chars .

TAVWOTS

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 46 chars .

CHIEF

Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 63 chars .

Murmurs of consternation and then silence PADAHOON

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 45 chars .

CHIEF

Contains 22 words in 2 sentences using 103 chars .

Solemn grunts of approval PADAHOON

Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 81 chars .

TAVWOTS

Contains 23 words in 1 sentence using 115 chars .

THE COUNCIL

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 38 chars .

SIMWA

Contains 18 words in 1 sentence using 98 chars .

TAVWOTS

Contains 23 words in 1 sentence using 113 chars .

PADAHOON

Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 77 chars .

TAVWOTS

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars .

INDIANS

Contains 10 words in 4 sentences using 45 chars .

CHIEF

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

TAVWOTS

Contains 32 words in 2 sentences using 166 chars .

INDIANS

Contains 9 words in 7 sentences using 53 chars .

PADAHOON

Contains 31 words in 1 sentence using 144 chars .

CHIEF

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars .

PADAHOON

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars .

CHIEF

Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 77 chars .

CHOCO

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

TAVWOTS

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

CHIEF

Contains 29 words in 3 sentences using 140 chars .

PADAHOON

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

CHIEF

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 42 chars .

Above the silence of the Council is heard the deep excited breathing of the women THE COUNCIL

Contains 10 words in 4 sentences using 53 chars .

CHIEF

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

PADAHOON

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars .

THE CHISERA

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

CHIEF

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 55 chars .

MEN AND WOMEN

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 38 chars .

THE CHISERA

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars .

She stops, noticing the bonnet on PADAHOON — looks from him to SIMWA.] PADAHOON

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars .

CHIEF

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

THE CHISERA

Contains 17 words in 1 sentence using 85 chars .

CHIEF

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 73 chars .

THE CHISERA

Contains 33 words in 4 sentences using 162 chars .

CHIEF

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 70 chars .

THE CHISERA

Contains 20 words in 2 sentences using 107 chars .

CHIEF

Contains 42 words in 4 sentences using 220 chars .

THE CHISERA

Contains 24 words in 1 sentence using 106 chars .

PADAHOON

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

INDIANS

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

SIMWA

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 44 chars .

PADAHOON

Contains 48 words in 4 sentences using 251 chars .

INDIANS

Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 13 chars .

PADAHOON

Contains 41 words in 4 sentences using 194 chars .

INDIANS

Contains 9 words in 4 sentences using 48 chars .

SIMWA

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars .

CHIEF

Contains 32 words in 2 sentences using 145 chars .

SIMWA

Contains 25 words in 1 sentence using 129 chars .

CHIEF

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars .

BRIGHT WATER

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 6 chars .

SIMWA

Contains 18 words in 1 sentence using 73 chars .

THE CHISERA

Contains 76 words in 2 sentences using 370 chars .

CHIEF

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars .

THE CHISERA

Contains 114 words in 8 sentences using 553 chars .

TIAWA

Contains 23 words in 2 sentences using 104 chars .

Excitement among the women CHIEF

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars .

THE CHISERA

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 51 chars .

CHIEF

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 58 chars .

THE CHISERA

Contains 44 words in 2 sentences using 207 chars .

She draws up her blanket BRIGHT WATER

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

THE CHISERA

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 7 chars .

She turns away confounded SIMWA

Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 68 chars .

BRIGHT WATER

Contains 29 words in 4 sentences using 136 chars .

The CHISERA listens and turns slowly CHIEF

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

TAVWOTS

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 32 chars .

BRIGHT WATER

Contains 52 words in 4 sentences using 264 chars .

WACOBA

Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 75 chars .

The women part in two lines to show the dead man stark in his blanket A WOMAN

Contains 20 words in 1 sentence using 99 chars .

She holds up her swaddled child which BRIGHT WATER takes and holds toward the CHISERA who stands confused, for the first time acutely aware of their misery BRIGHT WATER

Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 82 chars .

TIAWA

Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 76 chars .

The CHISERA throws out her hands to signify the loss of her power, her blanket slips to the ground and she covers her face with her hands THE CHISERA

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 32 chars .

BRIGHT WATER

Contains 19 words in 1 sentence using 104 chars .

Her voice has a kindling sound, and the women echo it with a breath THE CHISERA

Contains 45 words in 3 sentences using 209 chars .

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 56 chars .

The women watch her breathlessly; as she gradually swings into the dance, they seem to urge her with the stress of their anxiety

Contains 32 words in 2 sentences using 163 chars .

Shadows of vultures appear on the rocks

Contains 34 words in 1 sentence using 164 chars .

As the inspiration grows, the tribe takes up the movement of the dance, crooning softly, falling off into breathless silence when she speaks

Contains 13 words in 3 sentences using 78 chars .

Drums and rattles are brought out, at first cautiously lest she take alarm and be turned from her purpose, but as the fervour of her dancing increases, with increased confidence . SIMWA remains seated at one side, watching her, his foot touching his quiver . PADAHOON, who has moved over near him, observes him narrowly in the intervals of dancing . CHISERA sings

Contains 43 words in 4 sentences using 220 chars .

[SIMWA is seen to strip the magic arrow from his quiver BRIGHT WATER

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars .

SIMWA

Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 53 chars .

THE CHISERA

Contains 37 words in 2 sentences using 191 chars .

As she rises on the last movement of the dance toward ecstasy, the excitement rises with her, expressing itself in short irrepressible yelps, at the highest point of which a scream from BRIGHT WATER arrests the dancers. Suddenly the drums and rattles stop . SIMWA is seen to fit the arrow to the bow-string, but as he rises to loose it , PADAHOON breaks down his aim, and, lifting his body clear, with a stab of his flint knife, drops it inertly almost at the feet of the CHISERA.] PADAHOON

Contains 35 words in 2 sentences using 180 chars .

THE CHISERA

Contains 13 words in 3 sentences using 60 chars .

Contains 23 words in 2 sentences using 109 chars .

PADAHOON

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 40 chars .

THE CHISERA

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

INDIANS

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 8 chars .

Intaking breath of relief THE CHISERA Approaching the edge of the precipice toward Tecuya, the tribe singing after her with short yelps of excitement

Contains 36 words in 3 sentences using 187 chars .

She looses the arrow

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 53 chars .

Suddenly through the silence of suspended breath, breaks the sharp roll of the drums, recalling the tribe to action. They gird themselves in haste and gather their belongings, as, shaking her bow aloft like a medicine stick, the CHISERA moves with the assurance of victory before them down the mountain
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