"He went down in Custer's last charge.
So you were Jim's pal.

That'd be a recommendation if you needed one.
But the way you chucked the Indian overboard got me." Rea soon manifested himself as a man of few words and much action.

With the planks Jones had on board he heightened the stern and bow of the boat to keep out the beating waves in the rapids; he fashioned a steering-gear and a less awkward set of oars, and shifted the cargo so as to make more room in the craft.
"Buff, we're in for a storm.

Set up a tarpaulin an' make a fire.

We'll pretend to camp to-night.