One o'clock in the afternoon
he asked Henry . `` We should be there in an hour . '' Colonel Clark looked at his watch . `` One o'clock in the afternoon , '' he said . `` That will give us plenty of time for a battle , if they choose to offer it to us , but it looks as if we would receive no such offer . All that you have said , young sir , is coming to pass . '' They were following the broad trail left by the Indian army on its retreat , but not a single warrior appeared to oppose them .