But as all my life has been spent in quite different kinds of country, I suppose it will take a hundred years to give me a good start." Tayoga smiled.
"Not a hundred years," he said.

"Red Coat has begun very well." "And now with a lot of good solid food I'll feel equal to any march," continued Grosvenor.

"Most Englishmen, you know, eat well." Tayoga looked at Robert, who looked at Willet, who in his turn looked at the Onondaga.
"That's just what we'll have to do without," said the hunter gravely.
"The bottoms of our knapsacks are looking up at us.

We'll have a splendid chance to see how long we can do without food.

One needs such a test now and then." Grosvenor's face fell, but his was the true mettle.