I have cooked enough meat for the next four days, and that's about as long as it will keep good; after that, dried deer's flesh will have to do for us.
"I expect, I tell you, we shall have to be pretty spry this time.

If they are coming down in force, they are sure to send a lot of their Indians through the woods on each side of the lake, and the water will be swarming with their canoes.

Jonathan and I have been talking it over, and trying to settle which would be the safest, to foot it all the way, or to go by water.

We concluded, as there ain't much difference, and the canoe will be the quickest and easiest, so we had best keep to that plan." "I would certainly rather go that way, Nat, if you think that the danger is no greater." "No, I don't think there's much difference, captain.

At any rate, we may as well go that way.