about five o'clock in the afternoon
The armed men had greeted them fairly and had asked them for information of other white men who had stolen a girl and carried her away . The white men were thus fighting among themselves . It was a propitious time for the coining of the new Queen . These three young men , about five o'clock in the afternoon , had just started the drive of a coyote towards the level country when the quarry doubled suddenly and turned into the hills . With shouts and shots , the Indians pursued it , but their horses were no match for it on the devious wooded paths , and grunting their disgust they saw it dive into a burrow in a rocky hollow of the cliff . They dismounted and stood about the mouth of the burrow grumbling and `` cursing their luck '' in an ancient tongue . At last two of them mounted and started to ride away , and their companion followed , slowly , leading his horse .