The Agent sent up the Treaty Money, and along with it--underground, mind you--he sent a lot of whiskey to the Free Trader.

Inside of five days the whiskey got the Treaty Money from the Indians.

Then came winter.

Everything went bad, When I came--and found out what had happened--eighteen out of sixty had died, and inside of another two weeks half the others would follow.
Pied-Bot, away back--somewhere--there must have been a pirate before me--mebby a great-grandfather of mine.

I set out, I came back in three days, and I had a sledge-load of grub, and warm things to wear--plenty of them.