"Well, I do," Jim replied. "There isn't going to be anything that will stop me from taking that trip. It will take a bigger bunch of Apaches than are down there to do it."
"Well," I said, returning to the original question. "How long will our supply of water last?"
"I have been figuring on that and I think it will keep us a going for a week, with what we can get from the water pocket. Of course if we have rain we can make out much longer."
"And the food?"
"Well, with Coyote to fall back on," laughed Jim, "we can hold out until Christmas. But without joking, we ought to be able to get along for a month. It was mighty lucky that we got those antelope."
"I suppose we will have to stand guard to-night," I said.
"Yes," replied Jim, "we don't dare to take a chance, even though Indians do not often make night attacks."
"I daresay that there is no danger of them crawling up the rocks. They are too steep, but we will have to watch the trail between the rocks," I remarked.
"How shall we divide the time?" Jim asked.
"It does not make much difference," I replied.