We have no motive for doing so.

We have to live by the way, and to gather a little money to help us through the winter.

We may shoot a bear or an elk sometimes, a few deer, and hares, but we shall want two or three sacks of flour, and some spirits.

For these we must either get money, or take the goods.

The first is the best, for we have no means of dragging heavy weights with us, and it would not do to infuriate the peasants by plundering any of them within twenty miles of the place where we mean to winter.