Complex sentence: The villagers quickly become desperate for water to feed their crops and run their businesses, and they progressively come to believe that the water flow had been stopped by some untellable Providence to punish the injustice committed against Jean.
Split into simpler sentences: The villagers quickly become desperate for water to feed their crops and run their businesses. They come to believe that the water flow had been stopped by some Providence to punish the injustice committed against Jean.