e take alarm and be turned from her purpose, but as the fervor
of her dancing increases, with increased confidence._ SIMWA
_remains seated at one side, watching her, his foot touching his
quiver._ PADAHOON, _who has moved over near him, observes him
narrowly in the interval of dancing._ CHISERA _sings._)

Nay, I shall mate with the gods,
And the tribesmen shall be my children.
Rise up in me, O, my power,
On the wings of eagles!
Return on me as the rain
The earth renewing,
Make my heart fruitful
To nourish my children.

(SIMWA _is seen to strip the magic arrow from his quiver._)

BRIGHT WATER

Simwa, Simwa, what do you do?

SIMWA

No more than the gods will do to me if they hear her.

THE CHISERA

This is my song that I make,
I, the Chisera,
The song of the mateless woman:
None holdeth my hand but the Friend,
In the silence, in the secret places
We shall beget great deeds between us!

(_As she rises on the last movement of the dance toward ecstasy,
the excitement rises with her, expressing itself in short,
irrepressible yelps, at the highest point of which a scream from_
BRIGHT WATER _arrests the dancers._)

BRIGHT WATER

Chisera, the arrow, the black arrow! (SIMWA _shoots._)

THE CHISERA

(_Dying._) Ah, Simwa! (_Dies._)

(_In the distance is heard the shout of the approaching
Tecuyas._)

CURTAIN

GLOSSARY OF INDIAN WORDS AND PHRASES
THE DANCES
COSTUMES

GLOSSARY OF INDIAN WORDS AND PHRASES

The names and phrases used in _The Arrow-Maker_ were chosen from the
culture area comprising the central valleys of California, from
tribes belonging to or affiliated with the Paiute group. Exact
definitions could not always be ascertained and frequently the
meaning given by different villages differed widely. Whenever
possible the nomenclature of the locality in which the incident
occurred is preferred.

_Choco._ "Fatty"; a nickname of doubtful origin, possibly from the
Spanish _Chopo_.

_Pamaquash._ "Very tall"; the Paiute equivalent of Longfellow.

_Castac._ "Place of Springs"; a small valley in the southerly Sierra,
from which the inhabitants take their name.

_Yavi._ A common given name, meaning unknown.

_Tavwots._ "Mighty Hunter"; a name given to the rabbit in Paiute
lore.

_Seegooche._ "Woman who gives good things to eat." Lady Bountiful.

_Tiawa._ A familiar title frequently given to o