There were hunting shirts for the men and boys, fastened at the waist by a belt, and with a fringe three or four inches long, the bottom of which fell to the knees.

The men and boys also made themselves caps of raccoon skin with the tail sewed on behind as a decoration.

Henry and Paul were very proud of theirs.
The finest robes of buffalo skin were saved for the beds, and Ross gave warning that they should have full need of them.

Winters in Kentucky, he said, were often cold enough to freeze the very marrow in one's bones, when even the wildest of men would be glad enough to leave the woods and hover over a big fire.

But the settlers provided for this also by building great stacks of firewood beside each house.