Early in the evening Pipoonaskoos sneaked up to his mother again, and Thor lifted him into the middle of the creek.

The second visual proof of Thor's displeasure impinged upon Muskwa the fact that the older bears were not in a mood to tolerate the companionship of cubs, and the result was a wary and suspicious truce between him and Pipoonaskoos.
All the next day Thor and Iskwao kept to themselves.

Early in the morning Muskwa began adventuring about a little in quest of food.

He liked tender grass, but it was not very filling.

Several times he saw Pipoonaskoos digging in the soft bottom close to the creek, and finally he drove the other cub away from a partly digged hole and investigated for himself.
After a little more excavating he pulled out a white, bulbous, tender root that he thought was the sweetest and nicest thing he had ever eaten, not even excepting fish.