According to the observations that Washington Matthews made of Navajo songs, which of the following reasons is most likely the purpose of “Twelfth Song of Thunder”? to ask the gods for wealth and material items
to heal the sick people within the community
to welcome visitors and travelers
to ask for a gift, such as rain, from nature

you shopuld find your answers here if you need more. the answer is the infinite variety of human nature

misty passage from the question

the scene now shifts back to the shelby plantation in kentucky, where  aunt chloe  has just received the letter tom wrote her with little eva's . mrs. shelby tells her husband about the letter, in which tom says that although his new family is kind, he still longs to return to his "real home."

mr. shelby, in the meantime, has still been plagued by debt. mrs. shelby offers to raise money, especially so that they can buy tom. mr. shelby becomes angry, and his wife lets the unlikely hope drop for the present. chloe then calls for mrs. shelby and asks if she could be hired out as a pastry cook in louisville in order to earn money for tom. mrs. shelby gives chloe her blessing.