midnight
`` I can see that he is striking a heavy blow at the Indians through their superstitions . '' `` No doubt of that , sir . '' `` Tell the chiefs for me that we must send out a half dozen trailers while the rest of us remain here . I 'm not as used as you are to midnight marches in the forest , and every bone in me aches . '' Wyatt translated and Yellow Panther and Red Eagle consented . A half-dozen of the best trailers slipped away in different directions in the forest , and the rest sat down in a group . They waited a long time and heard nothing .