 So they traveled on. The snowstorms came, and the wind was shrill, and it blew furiously about them. The snow was several inches deep, but they had to travel the additional sixteen miles to get wood for fire and water to drink. This was the Willie Company, and the Martin Company was still two weeks further behind. The Willie Company recorded the snow over a foot deep after the storm. Five persons lay in the cold embrace of death. They camped and waited for aid to come.