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And though you are a Chisera, and have strange intercourse with the G.o.ds, I know you a woman, by this token.
THE CHISERA
Doubt it not, but go.
SEEGOOCHE
Come away, girls.
(_They go out, the girls with them. But_ BRIGHT WATER _lingers, and comes back to the_ CHISERA.)
BRIGHT WATER
Chisera--
THE CHISERA
Chief's daughter?
BRIGHT WATER
Call me by my name.
THE CHISERA
Bright Water, what would you have of me?
BRIGHT WATER
Can you--will you make a charm for one going out to battle whose name is not spoken?
THE CHISERA
How shall the G.o.ds find him out, if he is not to be named?
BRIGHT WATER
(_Earnestly._) Oh, he is handsome and strong in the shoulders; the muscles of his back are laced like thongs. He is the bravest--
THE CHISERA
(_Laughing._) Chief's daughter, whenever I have made love charms, they have been for men handsome and strong in the back.
BRIGHT WATER
(_Abashed._) I know not how to describe him.
THE CHISERA
(_Still smiling._) And his name is not to be spoken? (BRIGHT WATER _continues to look down at her moccasin._) If I had something of his: something he had shaped with his hands or worn upon his person, that I could make medicine upon--
BRIGHT WATER
Like this?
(_Takes amulet from her neck and holds it out._)
THE CHISERA
(_Taking it._) Did he give you this?
BRIGHT WATER
He made it.
THE CHISERA
(_Examining it._) It is skillfully fas.h.i.+oned.
BRIGHT WATER
Will it answer?
THE CHISERA
To make a spell upon? Yes, if you can spare it.
BRIGHT WATER
Shall I have it again?
THE CHISERA
When the time is past for which the spell is made.
BRIGHT WATER
Make it, then; a powerful medicine against ill fortune in battle. And this for your pains, Chisera. (_Holds out bracelet._)
THE CHISERA
(_Proudly._) I want no gifts. Keep your bracelet.
BRIGHT WATER
(_With equal pride._) The Chief's daughter asks no favors.
THE CHISERA
