midnight
When Zuyamani reached this point in his recital , the great drum was struck several times , and all the men cheered him . `` The days are short in winter , '' he went on after a short pause , `` and just now the sun sank behind the hills . I did not linger . I continued my journey by night , and reached Fort Berthold before midnight . I had been so thoroughly frightened and was so much exhausted that I did not want to talk , and as soon as I had delivered my letters to the post commander , I went to the interpreter 's quarters to sleep . `` The interpreter , however , announced my arrival , and that same night many Ree , Gros Ventre , and Mandan warriors came to call upon me . Among them was a great chief of the Rees , called Poor Dog .