The Chisera will not make medicine.
Women
(Rocking themselves to and fro.) Ai! Ai!
Seegooche
Is it because our gifts are so small? She should consider how hard it is to get venison in war-time.
Padahoon
Her heart is so full of bitterness that there is no room in it for the gods.
Wacoba
That is Simwa's doing—though he is your son, Seegooche, I must say it—there was no better Chisera between here and Tehachappi until he curdled her wisdom with his lies.
Tiawa