ten in the evening
Probably they had never before seen so much money , at least not in their own possession . Coronado was hardly less content ; for while he had received a thousand dollars to bring about this understanding , he had risked but seven hundred with him , and of these he had saved two hundred . Four hours later the camp had vanished , and the Indians were on their way toward the southwest , the moonlight showing their irregular column of march , and glinting faintly from the heads of their lances . At nine or ten in the evening , when every Apache had disappeared , and the clatter of ponies had gone far away into the quiet night , Coronado lay down to rest . He would have started homeward , but the country was a complete desert , the trail led here and there over vast sheets of trackless rock , and he feared that he might lose his way . Texas Smith and one of the rancheros had ridden after the Apaches to see whether they kept the direction which had been agreed upon . One ranchero was slumbering already , and the third crouched as sentinel .