During the days thus spent, in shooting the game and curing the meat, the hunters lived upon the fat of the land.

The tongue and liver of the buffalo, and the peculiar fat, found along the spine are deemed great delicacies.
In a few days a sufficient supply had been obtained to load all their pack animals.

So heavily were they laden that their homeward journey was very slow.

They were followed by a foe, of whom they had not the slightest conception.

A band of Blackfeet Indians had discerned them from the far distance with their keen eyes.