They made needles of bone, and threads of sinew and repaired their clothing.

Tayoga had stored suitable wood and bone and he turned out arrow after arrow.

He also made another bow, and Robert, by assiduous practice, acquired sufficient skill to help in these tasks.

They did not drive themselves now, but the hours being filled with useful and interesting labor, they were content to wait.
For three or four days, while the snow still fell, they ate cold food, but when the clouds at last floated away, and the air was free from the flakes, they went outside and by great effort--the snow being four or five feet deep--cleared a small space near the entrance, where they cooked a good dinner from their stores and enjoyed it extravagantly.
Meanwhile the days passed.

Robert was impatient at times, but never a long while.