midday
Use your wits , man . '' I used them , but they gave me no help . `` This is the way I read it , then , '' he said . `` Three men camped here before midday . They were Cherokees , of the Matabaw tribe , and one was a maker of arrows . They were not hunting , and they were in a mighty hurry . Just now they 're maybe ten miles off , or maybe they 're watching us .