midnight
Farrar seemed greatly relieved at this unexpected phase of affairs . However , when he found that Judge Wells , instead of attempting to return to the valley that night , proposed to pass the night at a ranch only a few miles from the Cahuilla village , he became almost hysterical with fright . He declared that the Cahuillas would surely come and murder him in the night , and begged piteously that the men would all stay with him to guard him . At midnight Judge Wells was roused by the arrival of the Capitan and head men of the Cahuilla village . They had heard of his arrival with his jury , and they had come to lead them to their village , where the body of the murdered man lay . They were greatly distressed on learning that they ought not to have removed the body from the spot where the death had taken place , and that now no inquest could be held . Judge Wells himself , however , went back with them , saw the body , and heard the full account of the murder as given by Ramona on her first arrival .