noon
Na-tee-kah drew a long breath that sounded like a sigh , and just then the shout of Yellow Pine announced that all was ready for a move . `` We 'll reach that mine to-morrow night , jedge , if we 're lively . Everything 's goin ' prime now . '' With or without an invitation the relatives of Na-tee-kah trudged along with the wagons mile after mile , and Long Bear gained an extra pound of tobacco by sticking to Yellow Pine until the train halted at noon . Ha-ha-pah-no scolded Na-tee-kah pretty nearly all the way for not knowing more about pale-faces , but she broke down at the noon camp-fire . She undertook to play cook , and in half a minute Jonas discovered that she did not know how to make coffee . `` Would n't you have b ` iled a black soup ? ''