about two o'clock
We must beat them to the lakes , for water is the only thing that will check them now . It 's a good thing that they are strong , and five or six days without water will hardly kill any . It was no vague statement of the man who said if he owned hell and Texas , he 'd rent Texas and live in hell , for if this is n't Billy hell , I 'd like to know what you call it . '' We spent an hour watering the horses from the wells of our camp of the night before , and about two o'clock started back over the trail for Indian Lakes . We overtook the abandoned herd during the afternoon . They were strung out nearly five miles in length , and were walking about a three-mile gait . Four men were given two extra horses apiece and left to throw in the stragglers in the rear , with instructions to follow them well into the night , and again in the morning as long as their canteens lasted .