about two o'clock
`` Do n't let them scalp me , '' he said -- but his own men came running and picked him up , and I ran forward with the others toward a wooded hill where puffs of smoke spotted the bushes . Then the long , rippling volleys of Hand 's men crashed out , one after another , and after a little of this their bugle-horns sounded the charge . But the Senecas did not wait ; and it was like chasing weasels in a stone wall , for even my Indians could not come up with them . However , about two o'clock , returning to that part of the town across the river , which Colonel Dearborn 's men were now setting afire , we received a smart volley from some ambushed Senecas , and Adjutant Huston and a guide fell . It was here that the Sagamore made his kill -- just beyond the first house , in some alders ; and he came back with a Seneca scalp at his girdle , as did the Grey-Feather also . `` Hiokatoo 's warriors , '' remarked the Oneida briefly , wringing out his scalp and tying it to his belt . I looked up at the hills in sickened silence .