about noon
After I had explained to Lieutenant Pope the nature of the country , and the localities of the streams , he decided to take only half his force with him , and to send the other half to the landing , with instructions to march up the Little Fish towards the Indian village . The two detachments would come together on the river before reaching their final destination . The soldiers who were to pursue the Indians landed , and the steamer started again . It was about noon when we reached the landing at the Castle . The captain , who had been detained so long by the events narrated that he was impatient to be on his voyage up the river again , hurried the soldiers on shore . Mrs. Gracewood bade adieu to her brother and his wife , who proceeded on their long journey . It was hard to leave without knowing the fate of poor Ella , but the circumstances were imperative .