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As to _ glory _ , we 'll talk about that arter the battle 's fought . '' Thus ended the discussion ; and the matter being put to vote , it was carried by an overwhelming majority in favor of Todd 's proposition , that the Indians should be pursued without further delay . It was now about three o'clock in the afternoon ; and immediately on the final decision being made , the council broke up , and orders were rapidly given to prepare to depart forthwith . All the horses in or about the station were now collected together , on which most of the officers and many of the privates were soon mounted ; and by four o'clock the eastern gate was thrown open , the order to march given by Colonel Todd , and the procession , composed of the flower of Kentucky 's gallant sons , moved forth , amid sighs and tears from the opposite sex . Reynolds -- who , during the past two or three days , since the retreat of the enemy , had employed his leisure moments in the company of the being he loved , and who was now finely mounted on a superb charger which had been presented him by Colonel Boone -- turned upon his saddle , as he was leaving the station , and waved another adieu to Ella , who stood in the door of her cottage , gazing upon his noble form , with a pale cheek , tearful eye , and beating heart . She raised her lily hand , and , with a graceful motion , returned his parting salute ; and then , to conceal her emotion , retired into the house . The Indians , it was found , had followed the buffalo trace , and , according to the account given by the scouts , had made their trail obvious as possible , by hacking the trees on either side with their tomahawks .