noon
The sky was cloudless . The heat was dry and penetrating , and as the forenoon wore away everyone grew thirsty . The cloth covered canteens were called for often . At noon the wagons drew together and camped for dinner . Two of the wagons were driven up side by side about ten feet apart and the horses unhitched and hobbled . A spare canvas was drawn over the tops of the two wagons to make shade for the dinner party . Clifford , who acted as cook on camping out occasions , dug a hole in the sand , filled it with dowegie roots and started his fire and in what seemed an incredibly short time to the visitors from Milton a hearty meal was ready .