four in the afternoon
At last the order was given that the troops should take the back-track to the settlements on the following evening . -LSB- Illustration : THE ESCAPE OF THE CAPTAIN 'S DAUGHTER . -RSB- `` The Captain told the officers that he should wait till then to give the horses of the men who had arrived with us time to rest ; but I know in his heart he wanted to wait in the hope of Dick arriving with news . `` The next day , at four in the afternoon , the men war beginning to saddle their horses , when the sentry suddenly gave the cry of ` Injins , Injins ! ' `` In a moment every man seized his carbine and sword , and shoved his bridle on his horse 's head , buckled up , and jumped into the saddle . There was no occasion for any orders . I climbed up on to the stockade , for the country was pretty nigh a dead flat , and the lookout had been burnt with the huts .