Jackson Gregory

“ Nayangap and Tocha came then bearing in their hands broad trays upon which were many dishes and enough food for ten men. Evidently they expected that the god Sikangwunuptu had a stomach in proportion to his might and dignity. They set down the trays, half afraid of him and yet thrilling a little with the thought of being so close to him. Then, at a curt nod from their mistress, they were gone.
"Tell me about Strang," Northrup commanded after a sip of water and beginning upon the piki. "Does he love you?"
"Oh, yes," Yahoya answered a little stiffly. "All men love me." ”

“ Wondering what thing she was going to do next, Northrup sat still watching her. She was making him a curtsey or an obeisance, he wasn't quite sure which. Anyway it was pretty and decidedly worth watching. He was already asking himself why white girls didn't have half the charm of this wild thing.
"You are Sikangwunuptu!" she was crying softly. "You, a great god of the underworld, have come up to visit at the kiva of Yahoya, Chief Goddess of the People of the Hidden Spring! You are more beautiful than a man because you are more than a man. ”

“ Such things as men know out in the world of the white man. And he tells Yahoya wonderful tales of the land where he will take her one day when she marries him—of great wagons which run uphill without horses; of wires over which people speak across many miles; of big waters with houses floating upon them; of beautiful women who wear beautiful garments."
Northrup started, a suspicion that at the jump was almost a certainty upon him.
"A tall man, thin faced, with drooping eyes?" ”

“ She looked a being created all of soft curves, with tender dimples set just where they would do the most good, or the most harm, as the case might be.
"Where is Strang now? Tonight?" he asked.
"There is sickness in the tribe down by the corn meadows. Eddie has gone there to drive out the sickness and make people well." ”

“ Your hair was loose, all about your shoulders; your little moccasins had fallen off and you did not notice. You wore a flower at your throat. Your bird was in the tree there. He dropped down and perched upon your wrist. ”