We always kept the house clean--using the word in a rather large sense.
There were at least two rooms that were always warm, even in the bitterest weather; and we had plenty to eat.

Commonly the mainstay of every meal was game of our own killing, usually antelope or deer, sometimes grouse or ducks, and occasionally, in the earlier days, buffalo or elk.

We also had flour and bacon, sugar, salt, and canned tomatoes.

And later, when some of the men married and brought out their wives, we had all kinds of good things, such as jams and jellies made from the wild plums and the buffalo berries, and potatoes from the forlorn little garden patch.

Moreover, we had milk.