noon
It was still snowing in the morning . We divided the food again , leaving half of it for dinner , which left a breakfast lighter than the supper had been . We were a good deal discouraged . But soon after noon it stopped snowing and began to lighten up . It was still blowing and drifting , but we thought we might as well be lost as to starve ; so we left the letter behind the board on the door and started out . We got along better than we expected . The wind had shifted to the northwest , so it was at our backs .