Bright Water
Has the Chisera a lover also, that she speak so?
Seegooche
It is not possible and we not know of it, for since her father's death if any sought her hand in marriage, he must come to my husband in the matter of dowry.
Wacoba
No fear that any will come while she is still the Chisera.
Bright Water
She is the wisest of us all.
Tiawa
Wisdom is good as a guest, but it wears out its welcome when it sits by the hearth-stone.