Another pinch of hoddentin he tossed high in air
above him. The sacrificial hoddentin had been offeredto the evening and to the moon.
Go, therefore, this very night tothe high places and pray to Usen. Wherethere might
be danger of discovery he sent a scout farahead.
Send then for all the great chiefs of the
Apaches.
With my own eyes I, Victorio, saw him slay
andscalp.
Therefore, this day, though he played, he played
withjudgment, with intelligence.
It was a largegrave with its sides walled up with
stone to a height ofthree feet.
Already he was leaping swiftly down the mountain
side. Therefore, this day, though he played, he played withjudgment, with
intelligence.
A soft wind soughed through the cedars and the
pines; therewas no other sound.
Today he was a scout under orders from
Cochise.
Gun-ju-le, chil-jilt; si-chi-zi, gun-ju-le;
inzayu,ijanale!
Inquantity there was sufficient to carry them far
beyond thenext water hole.
All this they did in silence, speaking only when
directlyaddressed by a warrior.
Make your medicine, strongmedicine, in the high
places.
Send then for all the great chiefs of the
Apaches.
Beforethe entrance to his hogan stood Go-yat-thlay
with his womenand his children. Let the boy come to the grave of his friend,
saidVictorio. From the bottom of the canyon there was no sign of all
this.
Beforethe entrance to his hogan stood Go-yat-thlay
with his womenand his children.
Her dishevelled hairflying, she rode among
them.
The squaws, watching, movedrestlessly, the spell of
the dance was taking its hold uponthem.
Geronimo has been watching Shoz-Dijiji and
Gian-nah-tah,he said, and is pleased with them. Shoz-Dijiji rolled over twice and
stopped in a sittingposture at the girls side. Presently he opened his lips and
spoke in the quiet,low tones that were his.
The squaws, watching, movedrestlessly, the spell of
the dance was taking its hold uponthem. Stolidly, without a change ofexpression,
they turned and walked away.
A dozen paces away the boy halted andwheeled about.
Shoz-Dijiji and Gian-nah-tah, he said, will soon be men. The paste she patted into
thin,round cakes and baked. Geronimo has been watching Shoz-Dijiji and
Gian-nah-tah,he said, and is pleased with them. Her dishevelled hairflying, she rode
among them.
The squaws, watching, movedrestlessly, the spell of
the dance was taking its hold uponthem.
This was buta fraction of the countless things that
Shoz-Dijiji knewabout his own country. Shoz-Dijiji, the son of a white-eyed
man,follows the war ponies of Cochise, said Juh, angrily. If he could reach camp ten
minutes ahead of the enemy hispeople would be saved.