About three in
the afternoon
`` We shall not see them before to-morrow , depend upon it . They travel , when pursued , like bloodhounds . '' Refreshed , and again in the saddle , they went over hill and valley , forded streams , and crept through narrow defiles , still keeping the trail , by the aid of the dogs , without much difficulty . About three in the afternoon , they came to the place where the Indians had encamped for the night . The pursuers were evidently gaining on the pursued . Again they rested themselves and horses for awhile and then continued the pursuit . After two hours rapid riding , while going through a defile , they came to a spot which gave indications of a struggle having taken place .