about three
o'clock
`` Shawnee , Cherokee , Chickasaw -- it ai n't likely Jim would have dealings with 'em . It might be one of them Far Indians . '' It appeared as if Lovelle had spent most of the previous afternoon on the ridge , for he found the remains of his night 's fire half way down the north side in a hollow thatched with vines . It was now about three o'clock . Boone , stepping delicately , examined the ashes , and then sat himself on the ground and brooded . When at last he lifted his eyes his face was perplexed . `` I ca n't make it out nohow .