about
ten o'clock
We were a quiet crowd , though inwardly we all felt like shouting . We held apart from the military party , and when near the herd which held the `` Circle Dot '' steers , my brother and a number of the boys galloped on ahead and cut out the animals before our arrival . On entering the wagon-road near the post , the military cavalcade halted a moment for us to come up . Lovell was in the lead , and as we halted the commandant said to him : `` We have decided to receive your cattle in the morning -- about ten o'clock if that hour will be convenient . I may not come over , but the quartermaster 's Mr. Sanders will count for us , and you cowmen ought to agree on the numbers . We have delayed you a day , and if you will put in a bill for demurrage , I will approve it . I believe that is all .