about eleven o'clock
With us , the case was different , there were but forty miles , which we could travel on horseback , and we did not care what became of the animals afterwards . Consequently , we did not spare their legs ; the spirited things , plump as they were , having grazed two months without any labour , carried us fast enough . When we halted on the bank of a small river , to water them and let them breathe , they did not appear much tired , although we had had a run of twenty-eight miles . At about eleven o'clock we reached the confines of the rocky ground ; here we rested for three hours , and took a meal , of which we were very much in want , having tasted nothing but berries and plums since our departure from the schooner , for we had been so much engrossed by the digging of the cachette that we had forgotten to take with us any kind of provision . Our flight , or , to say better , our journey , passed without anything remarkable . We arrived , as we had expected , a day and a half before the Umbiquas : and , of course , were prepared for them . The squaws , children , and valuables were already in the boat-house with plenty of water , in case the enemy should attempt to fire it .