Furthermore, he intended by his own example to foster the idea among his tribal brethren that the outrage was so grave that it demanded immediate and prompt redress.

The carrying out of this redress was of the greatest importance to him.

The sooner it was executed the better it would suit his plans.
During the last interview of Tyope with the young Navajo, the latter had charged him with having asked the Dinne to kill the old maseua during an incursion which his tribe were to make into the valley of the Rito.

It was true that Tyope had suggested it, but he had not told the Navajo all that he designed through this act of treachery.

His object was not merely to rid himself of the person of Topanashka; he sought an opportunity of becoming the ostensible saviour of his tribe in the hour of need.