Fount: Father! (Enter Gushing Fountain. As she speaks the braves become unnerved and exit.) Chief: I do believe I'm about to be graced by the presence of an Indian Princess. Fount: Father, I have just discovered, to my alarm and revulsion, the terms involved in the Cavalry's surrender. I am to be made the unhappy spouse of a man I not only do not know, but is also not of my culture, and, in all reasonable probability, not of my religious persuasion. And if this wasn't insult enough, I also discovered that someone must volunteer to marry me! I, an Indian Princess, forced to suffer this indignation! Am I to stand for this? Who invented this tradition? Erase it! Revoke it! Chief: I gladly would, my child, but this tradition is a law written on Sacred Indian Tapestry. It is indelible and unalterable. All laws of this nature are not to be touched. Fount: Why not? Chief: Because that is the first law written on Sacred Indian Tapestry. Besides, ever since those foreigners arrived, the economic state of the tribe has been something embarrassing. Our present victory was merely a stroke of luck. If you were to live away at the Fort with your new husband, it would be a boon to the tribe. Fount: So, it's the economic state of the tribe you're worried about? I have a little advice for you. Eliminate that quack medicine man you keep, Flying Squirrel, and that simpleton ward he keeps, Dipping Daisy. Have him marry someone, if you please, or at least his do-nothing apprentice. Chief: And lose our medicine man? Fount: Precisely. (Sarcastically) While all the braves hunt, Flying Squirrel makes the sun rise. While all the braves fish, Flying Squirrel keeps the rivers running. While all the squaws bake and sew, his apprentice skips and dances to ward off evil spirits. And then, at the end of the day, the two of them dip into the tribe's net earnings. And you're worried about our economy? The man's a charlatan! A quack! A fake! Chief: But the Hookapooka Tribe has been engaging a medicine man for centuries now. I cannot tamper with tradition. If I terminated his employment and the sun fell dead out of the sky, I would look quite the fool. Fount: Bah! Chief: No, Fountain, we must make sure that we are only throwing over-board the superfluous. Fount: But I am royalty. An Indian Princess cannot work! The very nature of what royalty purports to be places it above the laws and regulations designated to the common people that actually keep the nation going. The commoners need their figure-head and therefore, to guarantee the perpetuation of the figure-head, it is exempt from any rules or regulations that could harm it. Chief: A point perfectly rendered. But, unfortunately, I already occupy that position which you have just described. The tribe, right now, is not enjoying the prosperity that affords understudies. It must be done, Fountain. The economy of the tribe is paramount!