about midnight
As we dropped back towards Forrest 's wagon , the team in the mean time having been caught , those on foot were picked up and given seats in the conveyance . Meanwhile a remuda of horses and two chuck-wagons were sighted back on the old wood road , but a horseman met and halted them and they turned back for Ogalalla . On reaching our nearest camp , the posse south of the river had started on their return , leaving behind one of their number in the muddy waters of the North Platte . Late that evening , as we were preparing to leave for our respective camps , Lovell said to the assembled foremen : `` Quince will take Reed and me into Ogalalla about midnight . If Sutton advises it , all three of us will go down to Omaha and try and square things . I ca n't escape a severe fine , but what do I care as long as I have their money to pay it with ? The killing of that fool boy worries me more than a dozen fines .