He could not stand by and see them starve.

After ascertaining there was absolutely nothing to eat in the tepees, he invited the little ones into the cabin, and made a great pot of soup, into which he dropped compressed biscuits.

The savage children were like wildcats.

Jones had to call in Rea to assist him in keeping the famished little aborigines from tearing each other to pieces.

When finally they were all fed, they had to be driven out of the cabin.
"That's new to me," said Jones.