midday
After securing the treasure in the ambulance , and taking three horses of the company , which had escaped harm during the massacre , the Apaches moved on in a westerly direction through the pass for half a mile , and turned to the left in a sort of ravine or gorge . Several hundred yards up this the gorge widened into a valley , wherein were a number of trees and a small stream of water . There they went into camp . An immense fire was kindled , and as it roared and crackled in the night , it threw out a glare that made it like midday for many feet away . Ned Chadmund had been picked up , limp and apparently lifeless , by the chief , Mountain Wolf , and carried to this spot with as much care and tenderness as if he were a pet child of his own . The boy still showed a certain stupor upon reaching the camp , but after he had lain a short time upon a buffalo robe he revived , and , with wondering eyes , looked around upon the strange and weird scene . The Indians were passing to and fro , as if making preparations for some sort of festivity .