The event which had so suddenly interrupted the singing duel1 was a matter of secret satisfaction to Ujarak, for he felt that he was no match for Okiok, and although he had intended to fight the battle out to the best of his ability, he knew that his ultimate defeat was so probable that its abrupt2 termination before that event was a piece of great good-fortune.
Still, his position was unsatisfactory, for, in addition to the fact that his credit as a genuine angekok had been sadly shaken because of Ippegoo’s failure, he was well aware that the combat which had been interrupted was only postponed3. What was to be done in the circumstances became, therefore, the urgent question of the hour. In great perplexity he sought out his poor victim Ippegoo—with something of the feeling, no doubt, that induces a drowning man to clutch at a straw—and silently walked with him to a secluded4 spot near the neighbouring cliffs.
“I don’t want to be one,” returned the simpleton quietly.
The wizard looked at him in surprise.
“What do you mean?” he asked sharply.
“I mean that if the torngak you were going to get for me is no better than your own, he is a fool, and I would rather not have him.”
This unexpected rebellion of the worm which he had so often twisted round his finger was too much for Ujarak in his then irascible condition. He flew into a violent rage, grasped the handle of his knife, and glared fiercely at his pupil.
Ippegoo returned the look with a quiet smile.
This was perplexing. There are few things more trying to passionate6 men than uncertainty7 as to how their bursts of anger will be received. As a rule such men are merely actors. No doubt their rage may be genuine, but the manner in which they will display their anger depends very much on who are their witnesses, and what their opponents. Rage which fumes8 at some trifling9 insult, and tears off the coat, resolved on fighting, when a timid wife seeks to soothe10, is likely to assume a very different appearance and follow some other course of action when a prize-fighter pulls the nose, and invites it to “do its worst.”
If Ippegoo had winced11, or stood on the defensive12, or stepped back, or shown the slightest sign of fear, it is probable that the strong and lawless man would have stabbed him to the heart in the first impulse of his anger, for the poor youth was well acquainted with all his secrets and most of his bad intentions. But the motionless figure and the smiling face not only surprised—it alarmed—Ujarak. It seemed so unnatural13. What powers of sudden onslaught might not lie hidden within that calm exterior14? what dynamitic capacities of swift explosion might not underlie15 that fearless expression?
“Ippegoo,” he said, stifling16 his anger with a painful effort, “are you going to turn against your best friend?”
“You are right; I made a mistake.”
“Why does your torngak let you make so many mistakes?”
Again a rush of anger prompted the wizard to sacrifice his quondam pupil, and once more the youth’s imperturbable18 coolness overawed him. Bad as he was, Ujarak could not kill a smiling victim.
“Ippegoo,” said the wizard, suddenly changing his tone, and becoming intensely earnest, “I see what is the matter. Angut and the Kablunet have bewitched you. But now, I tell my torngak to enter into your heart, and unbewitch you. Now, do you not feel that he has done it?”
The youth, still smiling, shook his head.
“I knew it,” continued the wizard, purposely misunderstanding the sign. “You are all right again. Once more I lay my commands on you. Listen. I want you to go at once and tell Nunaga that Angut wants to see her alone.”
“Who?” asked Ippegoo in surprise.
“Angut.”
“What! your rival?”
“Yes; my rival. My torngak tells me that Angut wants to meet her—alone, mind—out on the floes at Puffin Island this afternoon.”
“Are—are you sure your torngak has made no mistake?” asked the youth, with something of his old hesitancy.
“Quite sure,” replied Ujarak sternly. “Now, will you give her my message?”
“Angut’s message, you mean.”
“Yes, yes; I mean Angut’s message,” said the wizard impatiently. “You’ll be sure to do what I tell you, won’t you?”
“Quite sure,” replied Ippegoo, the smile again overspreading his visage as he turned and quitted the spot.
Half an hour later he entered Okiok’s hut in quest of Nunaga, but only her mother was there. She told him that the girl had gone off with a sledge22 along the coast to Moss23 Bay to fetch a load of moss to stuff between the logs of the hut where they required repairing, and that she had taken Kabelaw as well as Tumbler and Pussi with her.
“That’s good,” said Ippegoo, “then she can’t and won’t go to Puffin Island. I said I would tell her that Angut wants to meet her there alone.”
“Who told you to tell her that?” asked Nuna.
“He must indeed have been a fool,” returned Nuna, “for Angut has just been helping25 Nunaga to harness the dogs, and he is now with my husband in his own hut.”
This information caused the messenger to shut his eyes, open his mouth, and laugh silently, with evident enjoyment26.
“I intended to deliver my message,” he said, on recovering composure, “for I promised to do so; and I also meant to tell Nunaga that the message was a big lie.”
At this amazing depth of slyness on his part, Ippegoo fell into another hearty27 though inaudible laugh, after which he went off to communicate his news to Okiok and Angut, but these worthies28 having gone out to visit some snares29 and traps, no one knew whither, he was obliged to seek counsel of Simek.
On hearing of the plot that seemed to be hatching, that jovial30 hunter at once ordered his sledge to be got ready, and started off, with two stalwart sons and his nephew Arbalik, for Moss Bay, to warn Nunaga of her enemy’s intentions, and to fetch her home. But alas31! for even the best laid of human plans.
It so happened that one of the Eskimo youths, who was rather inclined to tease Nunaga, had set a snow-trap for Arctic foxes about two miles from the village. As the spot was not much out of the way, the girl resolved to turn aside and visit the trap, take out the fox, if one chanced to be caught, and in any case set the trap off, or put a bit of stick into it by way of fun. The spot chanced to be only a short distance beyond the place where the wizard had met Ippegoo, but the sea-shore there was so covered with hummocks32 of ice that Nunaga had approached without being observed by either the wizard or the pupil. It was not more than a few minutes after Ippegoo had left on his errand to herself that she came suddenly in sight of Ujarak. He was seated, as if in contemplation, on a rock at the base of the cliff.
Suspecting no evil, Nunaga stopped her team of dogs. It was her father’s best team, consisting of the swiftest and most enduring animals in the village. The wizard observed this as he rose up and approached, rejoicing to think that Fortune had favoured him. And truly Fortune—or rather, God—was indeed favouring the wicked man at that time, though not in the way that he imagined.
In a few moments Ujarak’s plans were laid. The opportunity was too good to be lost.
“Where goes Nunaga to-day?” he asked quietly, on reaching the sledge.
“To Moss Bay,” answered Nunaga.
“Has Nunaga forgotten the road?” asked Ujarak, with a slight look of surprise. “This is not the way to Moss Bay.”
“It is not far out of the way,” said Kabelaw, who was the more self-assertive of the two lying sisters; “we go to visit a trap, and have no time to waste with you.”
As she spoke34 she seized the heavy Eskimo whip out of Nunaga’s hand, and brought it smartly down on the backs of the whole team, which started off with a yelp35, and also with a bound that well-nigh left Tumbler and Pussi behind. But she was not quick enough for Ujarak, who exclaimed with a laugh, as he leaped on to the sledge and assumed the place of driver—
“I too am fond of trapping, and will go with you.”
He took the whip from Kabelaw, and guided the team.
A few minutes, at the speed they were going, brought them close to a point or cape36 which, in the form of a frowning cliff two or three hundred feet high, jutted37 out into the sea. To round this, and place the great cape between them and the village, was Ujarak’s aim. The ice was comparatively smooth and unbroken close to the land.
“See!” exclaimed Nunaga, pointing towards the bushes on shore; “the trap is there. That is the place.”
Ujarak paid no heed38 to her. The die was cast. He had taken the first step, and must now go through with it at all hazards. Plying39 the cruel whip, so as to make the dogs run at their utmost speed, he drove on until the other side of the cape was gained. Then he relaxed the speed a little, for he knew that no shriek40, however loud, could penetrate41 the cliffs that lay between him and the Eskimo village.
Taking up a walrus-line with a running noose42 on it that lay on the sledge beside him, the wizard turned, dropped the noose suddenly over Kabelaw, and drew it tight, so as to pin her arms to her sides. Almost before she could realise what had occurred, he took a quick turn of the same line round Nunaga, drew the girls together, and fastened them to the sledge. They knew now full well, but too late, that Ujarak meant mischief43. Screaming at the utmost pitch of their voices, they struggled to free themselves, but were too well secured for that.
The wizard now glanced at the children. For a few moments he was perplexed44. They could be of no use on a long journey, and might be troublesome—besides, they would have to be fed. There was one sure and easy method of getting rid of them. He grasped his knife-handle.
The women observed the movement, and became instantly silent with horror.
But the bold free air of Tumbler and the soft innocent look of Pussi were too much for the wizard. He abandoned the half-formed thought, and, turning to the women, said in a low, stern voice—
“If you cry or struggle again, these shall die.”
This was enough. The poor creatures remained perfectly45 silent and still after that, while the wizard guided the dogs out upon the floes on a totally different route from that which led to Moss Bay.
Coming to a place where the ice had been cut up into many tracks by the Eskimos’ sledges46 during the winter work of traffic to and from the hunting-grounds, Ujarak availed himself of the opportunity to lose, as it were, his own track among the others, so that, in the sure event of pursuit, the pursuers might be effectually baffled. The only point he had to consider after that was the necessity of diverging47 from the track with such care that the point of divergence48 should be impossible to find.
In this he was again favoured by circumstances. Having driven at full speed straight out from the land in a westerly direction, he came to a place where the ice had been considerably49 broken up, so that the old tracks ended abruptly in many places where lanes of water had opened up. A sharp frost had set these lanes and open spaces fast again, and the new ice was just strong enough to bear a sledge. There was some risk in venturing on it, but what of that? Nothing bold can be successfully carried out in this world without more or less of risk! At a spot where the confusion of tracks was very great, he turned at a sharp angle, got upon a sheet of new ice, and went off at greater speed than ever towards the far-south.
His aim was to travel some hundreds of miles, till he reached the Kablunet settlements on the south-western shores of Greenland, in regard to which, various and strange reports had reached the northern Eskimos from time to time. He said nothing, however, to his captives, but after driving some twenty miles or so—which he did in a couple of hours—he cast off their bonds, and bade them make themselves comfortable. The poor creatures were only too glad to avail themselves of the permission, for, although spring had set in, and the cold was not very severe, their constrained50 position had benumbed their limbs.
Tumbler and Pussi, after gazing for a considerable time at each other in a state of blank amazement51 at the whole proceedings52, had finally dropped off to sleep on a pile of deerskins. Nunaga and Kabelaw, wrapping themselves in two of these, leaned against each other and conversed53 in low whispers.
And now the wizard began in good earnest a journey, which was destined54 to lead him, in more ways than one, far beyond the point at which he originally aimed.
He plied21 the whip with vigour55, for well did he know that it was a race for life. If any of the men of his tribe should overtake him, he felt assured that death would be his portion.
The dogs, as we have said, were splendid animals. There were ten of them, resembling wolves both in size and appearance, each being fastened to the sledge by a single independent line. The vehicle itself was Okiok’s hunting-sledge, having spears, bow and arrows, lines, bladders, etcetera, attached to it, so that, although there were no provisions on it except one small seal, which its owner had probably thought was not worth removing, the wizard knew that he possessed56 all the requisites57 for procuring58 a supply. The women, being also well aware of this, were filled with anxiety, for their one hope of rescue lay in their friends discovering their flight and engaging in instant and hot pursuit.
Never since the commencement of his career had Ujarak displayed such anxiety to increase the distance between himself and his tribe. Never since that long-lashed, short-handled, heavy whip was made, had it given forth60 such a rapid series of pistol-like reports, and never since they were pups had those ten lanky61 wolfish dogs stretched out their long legs and scampered62 over the Arctic sea as they did on that occasion. The old ice was still sufficiently63 firm and smooth to afford a good road, and the new ice was fortunately strong enough to bear, for the pace was tremendous. With “the world before him where to choose,” and death, as he imagined, on the track behind, the wizard’s spirit had risen to the point of “neck or nothing.” Mile after mile was passed at highest speed and in perfect silence, except when broken by the crack of whip and yelp of dogs. Occasional roughnesses in the way were crashed over. Small obstructions64 were taken in flying leaps, which rendered it necessary for the poor women to cling to each other, to the sledge, and to the children, to prevent their being hurled65 off. Once or twice a hummock33 which it seemed possible to leap turned out to be too high, and obliged the driver to turn aside with such violence that the sledge went for a few seconds on one runner, and all but turned over. This at last induced some degree of caution, for to break the vehicle at the beginning of the journey would have been almost certainly fatal to the enterprise.
And oh! how earnestly Nunaga longed for a spill! In her despair, poor thing, it did not occur to her that at such a pace an upset might break the necks of the whole party.
Towards sunset they rounded a high cape, beyond which was a deep and wide bay. On this the sun shone apparently66 on what appeared to be open water. For one moment a look of alarm flitted over the wizard’s face, as he glanced quickly shoreward to see whether the ground-ice was passable; but it was only for a moment, for immediately he perceived that the light had dazzled and deceived him. It was not water, but new ice—smooth and refulgent67 as a mirror. The fringe of old ice on shore was disrupted and impassable. There was therefore only one course open to him.
Knitting his brows and clenching68 his teeth, Ujarak resolved to take it at all hazards. Bringing the cruel lash59 to bear with extreme violence, he sent the dogs howling out upon the glassy surface. At first they slipped and sprawled69 a good deal, but soon gathered themselves well together. They were accustomed to such work, and the friction70 of the sledge being reduced, they skimmed along with ease.
Although strong enough to bear, the ice undulated terribly as they swept over it, and sent forth rending71 sounds, which cannot be conceived by those whose experience of young ice has been derived72 chiefly from lakelets and ponds. Dogs in such circumstances are apt to become terrified and to stop, in which case immersion73 is almost certain. But Ujarak gave his team no time to think. With lash and voice he urged them on until they were nearly frantic74. The undulations became greater as they advanced, and the rending sounds continuous. Still the wizard plied his whip and shouted. Indeed it was his only chance. At the other side of the bay the old ice still adhered to the shore. If that could be reached, they would be safe. Eagerly the women strained their eyes, and even stretched out their hands as if to grasp the shore, for the fear of instant death had banished75 all other thoughts. A few minutes more, and Ujarak, standing19 up in his eagerness, flourishing the great whip, and shouting at the pitch of his voice, drove the yelling dogs off the crackling sheet of ice to a place of safety on the solid floe20.
It did not require the wizard’s altered tone to inform the sagacious animals that the danger was past. Down they flopped76 at once to rest, panting vehemently77, and with tongues out; but they were not permitted to rest long, Ujarak’s fear of pursuit was so great. Even while securing on the sledge the articles that had been disarranged, he could not help casting frequent suspicious glances in the direction from which they had come, for guilt78 is ever ready to anticipate retribution even when it is far distant. As soon as the fastenings were arranged he prepared to continue the flight.
“Where do you take us to?” asked Kabelaw, in a tone of humility79 which was very foreign to her nature.
“You shall know that in time,” was the stern reply.
Nunaga was too much frightened to speak, but little Tumbler was not.
“Bad—bad man!” he exclaimed, with a fierce look that caused the wizard for a moment to smile grimly.
Little Pussi was so horrified80 at the reckless presumption81 of the remark, that she hid her face in Nunaga’s lap and did not venture to look up for some time.
Getting on the sledge without another word, the wizard gave a hint to the dogs which was so unmistakable that they sprang up and resumed their journey at full gallop82. Slowly the sun went down, and sea and berg and snow-clad cliff grew grey in the light of departing day. Still the panting team sped on over the frozen sea. Soon it became too dark to travel with safety. The pace was slackened. The run became a canter, then a trot83, and then a walk. At last the driver stopped, jumped off the sledge, and ordered the women to get out the seal and feed the dogs. He also gave them permission to help themselves, but as there was no lamp or fire, it was evident that he meant them to eat their supper raw.
Leaving them while thus engaged, he walked away out of sight.
“I won’t have raw seal,” said Tumbler, in that tone of petulant84 resolve which tells of spoilt-childism.
“An’ me won’t too,” said Pussi, profiting by example.
“But there’s nothing else,” said Nunaga, gently.
“Yes, there is. I have got some cold seal in my boots—from this morning’s breakfast,” said Kabelaw, extracting a goodly-sized morsel85; “I never go on a journey, however short, without a bit of cooked meat.”
Lest the reader should be perplexed here, we may explain that some Eskimo ladies often make the wide tops of their long sealskin boots do duty for pockets.
The party was still engaged in discussing the delicacy86 referred to, and commenting in pitiable tones on their situation, when Ujarak returned, bade them resume their places, jumped on the sledge, and continued to advance. In half an hour the moon rose in a clear sky. The stars shone brightly, and to add to the beauty of the scene, the aurora87 borealis played and shot about vividly88 overhead, enabling them to resume a rapid gallop.
It was not till the night was far advanced, and his dogs were nearly worn-out, and full sixty miles lay between him and his native village, that Ujarak felt himself to be comparatively safe, and halted for a prolonged rest.
Without a word, he made for himself a shelter with a bear-skin under a low bush, devoured89 a lump of raw seal’s flesh, and then went to sleep, leaving the women to look after themselves, the dogs, and the children, as best they might. Fortunately, they were well able to do so, and, being very weary, were not long in doing it. While they went about the work, however, they could not help remarking the unusually morose90 and surly manner of their master, and expressed the opinion that he was already troubled with that mental complaint to which we give the name of remorse91.
And they were right. Bad as the wizard was, he had hitherto kept within the bounds of Eskimo propriety92; but now at last he had overstepped those bounds and become a criminal—an outlaw93. By one hasty act he had cut, for ever, the cords which had united him to his kindred.
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