We tried to catch some, but could not hold them.

One night we camped on an island, and I took my gun and went over toward the west side where I killed a deer.

The boys hearing me shoot, came out, guns in hand, thinking I might need help, and I was very glad of their assistance.

To make our flour go as far as possible we ate very freely of meat, and having excellent appetites it disappeared very fast.
It took us two or three days to pass this beautiful valley, and then we began to get into a rougher country again, the canons deeper and the water more tumultuous.

McMahon and I had the lead always, in the big canoe.