With its help actual starvation was kept away, though it came very close.
Unusual weather always brings unusual experience, and the intense cold developed an annoyance to the trappers upon which they had not counted.
The difficulty of finding food was felt by the wild animals as well as domestic, and the bisons became desperate.

When they saw the horses eating their fodder, they rushed forward and with lowered heads drove them away.

If a horse or mule refused, he was likely to be gored to death.
The beasts finally became so numerous and fierce they would have killed all the stock of our friends if they had not kindled large fires and mounted constant guard.

When the weather moderated those annoyances ended.
Had any explorer of the west found his way to the secluded valley where the trappers were in winter quarters, he would have looked upon a striking scene.

The Crow Indians and white men engaged in numerous athletic sports in friendly rivalry.