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`` Let 'em yell at us all they want to , '' he said in his peculiarly gentle voice . `` We can stand it , and we 'll see how they can stand the battle to-day or to-morrow when the army comes up . '' They were back at the camp about two hours after noon , and reported that the Indians had sentinels and skirmishers on the way to Piqua . But Clark thought they could be brushed aside , and as the clouds had lightened somewhat , they started at four o'clock . Good humor was restored at once to the men . They were moving now and in a few hours they might bring the campaign to a head , if the Indians only stood . Some believed that they would not stand even at Piqua .