noon
Others , unwounded in their legs , made off as rapidly as possible , and then there was great fun in the work of running them down . Those that could use even their wounded wing , or wings , to help them in their movements made capital time , and while most of then were captured , others succeeded in getting away altogether . Doubtless they would be picked up by alert Indian hunters , who were , or would be in a day or so , literally swarming over every place where a goose was likely to be obtained . When noon arrived they nearly all returned to the camp , where dinner already awaited them . Twenty-seven geese were the results of the shooting in the four nests . Other Indians came in with their bags . Some had done on the average better than this , and some not so well .