about three o'clock
`` It is flattery that you give me , and you are trying to make me brave when I am not , '' he said . `` I only say once more that I ought to be in Holland painting blue plates , and not here in the great woods holding on to my scalp , first with one hand and then with the other . '' He sighed deeply , but Solomon Hyde , reader of the hearts of men , only laughed . Colonel Butler 's force stopped about three o'clock for food and a little rest , and the five , who had not slept since the night before , caught a few winks . But in less than an hour they were up and away again . The five riflemen were once more well in advance , and with them were Taylor and Heemskerk , the Dutchman , grumbling over their speed , but revolving along , nevertheless , with astonishing ease and without any sign of fatigue . They discovered no indications of Indian scouts or trails , and as the village now was not many miles away , it confirmed Henry in his belief that the Iroquois , with their friends , the Wyandots , would not stay to give battle .