nine o'clock before
The lantern and bucket that went with Willis 's wagon had been smashed ; but I had a similar outfit with mine . So we tied the horses to trees near our improvised hog pound , and fed and blanketed them by lantern light . Afterwards we brought water for them from a brook not far away . It was nine o'clock before we were ready to eat our own supper of bread and Shaker apple sauce . The night was chilly ; our lantern went out for lack of oil ; we had only light overcoats for covering ; and as we had used our last two matches in lighting the lantern , we could not kindle a fire . The night was so cold that we frequently had to jump up and run round to get warm . We slept scarcely at all .