Little Bighead 91 



"We must hurry up and get breakfast 

 and then go in search of old Brindle," said 

 Mr. Anderson. "It seems like rather a 

 hopeless task on these great plains, but we 

 have got to find her." 



So while the boys went to a distant dead 

 cottonwood for fuel, Mr. Anderson cut the 

 tongues from the four dead animals, which 

 were quite enough for their breakfast. 



His method of severing the tongue was 

 unique, something that he had learned of 

 an old frontiersman. With his hunting- 

 knife he cut the tongue off under the jaw 

 at its roots, and then drew it out through 

 the side of the mouth, without the tedious 

 process of prying open the dead animal's 

 jaws, which might have been somewhat of 

 an undertaking. 



Breakfast put heart into the emigrants 

 and made life look better worth living. 



Mr. Anderson's first move after the meal 

 was to draw the wagon away from the three 



