the time did not favour to stir the people against me.

"Before they could disperse I made announcement that while the still went
to Moosu, whatever _hooch_ I possessed went to the people. Moosu tried
to protest at this, for never had we permitted more than a handful to be
drunk at a time; but they cried, '_Kloshe_! _Kloshe_!' and made festival
before my door. And while they waxed uproarious without, as the liquor
went to their heads, I held council within with Angeit and the faithful
ones. I set them the tasks they were to do, and put into their mouths
the words they were to say. Then I slipped away to a place back in the
woods where I had two sleds, well loaded, with teams of dogs that were
not overfed. Spring was at hand, you see, and there was a crust to the
snow; so it was the best time to take the way south. Moreover, the
tobacco was gone. There I waited, for I had nothing to fear. Did they
bestir themselves on my trail, their dogs were too fat, and themselves
too lean, to overtake me; also, I deemed their bestirring would be of an
order for which I had made due preparation.

"First came a faithful one, running, and after him another. 'O master,'
the first cried, breathless, 'there be great confusion in the village,
and no man knoweth his own mind, and they be of many minds. Everybody
hath drunken overmuch, and some be stringing bows, and some be
quarrelling one with another. Never was there such a trouble.'

"And the second one: 'And I did as thou biddest, O master, whispering
shrewd words in thirsty ears, and raising memories of the things that
were of old time. The woman Ipsukuk waileth her poverty and the wealth
that no longer is hers. And Tummasook thinketh himself once again chief,
and the people are hungry and rage up and down.'