two in the morning
Here a hearty supper was served out , the horses were rested , then given a good `` feed '' of barley , and at ten o'clock Mr. Billings with his second lieutenant and some twenty men pushed ahead in the direction taken by the Indians , leaving the rest of the men under experienced non-commissioned officers to drive the cattle back to the valley . That night the conduct of the Apache Yuma scouts was incomprehensible . Nothing would induce them to go ahead or out on the flanks ; they cowered about the rear of column , yet declared that the enemy could not be hereabouts . At two in the morning Mr. Billings found himself well through a pass in the mountains , high peaks rising to his right and left , and a broad valley in front . Here he gave the order to unsaddle and camp for the night . At daybreak all were again on the alert : the search for the trail was resumed . Again the Indians refused to go out without the troops ; but the men themselves found the tracks of Tonto moccasins along the bed of a little stream purling through the cañon , and presently indications that they had made the ascent of the mountain to the south .