But we knew what we were.

We were hungry! In the meantime we planned and carried into brilliant execution a grouse hunt.

There were lots of grouse in the country through which we had come and all day long coveys of them had been whirring away from our advancing outposts.

It seemed a simple thing to go out and get a few for our Thanksgiving dinner, so we gave orders to make camp and consecrated the afternoon to a grouse quest.
I'll never forget what a formidable looking party it was.

When we had spread out to comb the grass by the river side we looked like a skirmish line of an army.