From the excerpt, A warriors daughter, Which of the following inferences about this tribe's customs is best supported by the passage below (paragraphs 29-34)?
"Last night in the moonlight I met your warrior father. He seemed to know I had just stepped forth from your tepee. I fear he did not like it, for though I greeted
him, he was silent. I halted in his pathway. With what boldness I dared, while my heart was beating hard and fast, I asked him for his only daughter.
"Young man," said he, with a cold, slow voice that chilled me to the marrow of my bones, hear me. Naught but an enemy's scalp-lock, plucked fresh with you
own hand, will buy Tusee for your wife. Then he turned on his heel and stalked away."
Tusee thrusts her work aside. With earnest eyes she scans her lover's face.
"My father's heart is really kind. He would know if you are brave and true," murmured the daughter, who wished no ill-will between her two loved ones.
Then rising to go, the youth holds out a right hand. "Grasp my hand once firmly before I go, Hoye. Pray tell me, will you wait and watch for my return?"
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It is not customary for lovers to ask a woman's father for her hand in marriage.
In this tribe, suitors must show themselves worthy of their future bride, winning the respect of her father.
The idea of a bride-price, or dowry, is despised by tribal women.
Tusee's father's request is strange in that he does not ask for a large sum of money as many other Native American fathers often do.?