Noon
What could it mean ? The Tontos were still hanging about that little hill six miles out there on the plain . Was it possible they had abandoned the pursuit ? Noon came ; one o'clock , two o'clock . They had all had luncheon , and Pike had been scrambling up and down the rock like a monkey , and still there was no forward movement of the foe . Every time he looked they were still lounging or squatting , so he judged , about the stunted trees on the knoll , and there was nothing to explain the delay . It must have three o'clock when at last the binocular told him they were again in motion and coming rapidly toward him .