about four o'clock in the morning
Now the combat became fiercer than ever . The warriors uttered yells , and Wyatt 's men in the house sent forth defiant shouts . From another part of the town came shrill cries of old squaws , urging on their fighting men . It was now about four o'clock in the morning . The thunder and lightning had ceased , but the soft rain was still falling . The Indians had lighted fires some distance away . Several carried torches .