Looks to me he was better off than we are just now.

Hurt much, Carroll ?" "Crunched my leg mighty bad; can't bear no weight on it.

'T was darn near froze stiff before; thet 's why I could n't get out o' the way quick." "Sure; well, ye 'll have ter ride, then.

We 'll take the blanket off Jim; he won't need it no more.

'Brick' an' I kin hoof it yet awhile--hey, 'Brick' ?" Hamlin lifted his head from the shelter of his horse's mane.
"I reckon I can make my feet move," he asserted doubtfully, "but they don't feel as though there was any life left in them." He stamped on the snow.