This is smoked venison, killed last season.

I put down a lot of it in caches where the water will keep it cool." Another dish, a tinpanful of baked potatoes, came on with other smaller dishes of vegetables; then the coffee was poured into the thick serviceable cups that had already been placed by the plates, which, together with two loaves of bread, comprised the meal.

Appetites were at concert pitch and it was with difficulty that Hippy Wingate restrained himself until the girls were seated.
"Miss Dean, set down at the end where I can watch ye that ye don't fly away.

Sorry ye have to set on a box, but there ain't chairs enough to go around.

I give the Lieutenant a chair 'cause a box ain't safe for him.
He's a big feeder and the box ain't strong.