They were not panic-stricken, but they were busy looking the situation squarely in the face and considering.

Joe Hines was the first to speak.
"We can pan the snow for the beans and rice...

though there wa'n't more'n eight or ten pounds of rice left." "And somebody will have to take a team and pull for Sixty Mile," Daylight said next.
"I'll go," said Finn.
They considered a while longer.
"But how are we going to feed the other team and three men till he gets back ?" Hines demanded.
"Only one thing to it," was Elijah's contribution.

"You'll have to take the other team, Joe, and pull up the Stewart till you find them Indians.

Then you come back with a load of meat.