midnight
And yet the tribes were not entirely downcast , for during the early evening they continued to taunt us and to repeat their threats of bringing an army of two thousand on to the field in the morning . In fact , many of our men believed the savages had a shade the better of the fight , and would renew hostilities in the morning . That night we buried Shelby Cousin on the bank of the Kanawha and built a fire over his grave to conceal it . Colonel Christian arrived at midnight , and there was some lurid profanity when his men learned they had arrived too late for the fighting . One week after the battle eleven hundred troops crossed the Ohio to carry the war to the Indian towns for a final decision . When thirteen miles south of Chillicothe , the town Governor Dunmore had ordered us to attack and destroy , a message arrived from His Lordship , directing Colonel Lewis to halt his advance , for peace was about to be made . Hostile bands had fired upon us that very morning , and the position was not suitable for a camp .