noon
The red men prepared for sleep and no one was assigned to guard . Little sleep came to him . Thoughts of home , of his father in the great wilderness , flitted through his mind all night and he rose unrefreshed and sore in every muscle . The next day they continued their journey , from sunrise to sunset , stopping at noon for a hasty lunch . The second night he was treated as on the first , but slept soundly because of sheer exhaustion . The following day the party killed a deer . The Indians , as was their custom , gorged themselves on the meat , eating it half raw .