Several hours passed before the small group reached the pod. Dark had fallen, and the rest had fires going.
“Do you have a camp cook?” Murdock asked Mei Lee, as he and the helpers hung the deer quarters under the pod.
“No, do you think we need one?” Mei Lee asked in her quiet tone.
“You should have guards posted to protect the meat, at least,” Murdock said. “You may get a few wolves sniffing around. You might want to consider having one or two people do the cooking for everyone.”
“I’ll take it under advisement,” Mei Lee told him. “How should we proceed with tanning the hide?”
“Find someone who knows something about it, or someone willing to learn, and I’ll teach that person,” Murdock promised. “He can train others as needed. In the meantime, if I were you, I’d find out if the others h
