nearly ten o'clock before
Whatsoever others might think or say , they could prove nothing . If , however , Davies turned up alive and alert , then matters might be grave indeed . No wonder he climbed again and again the westward bank and levelled his glasses at the dull-hued ridge against the brilliant westward sky , frequently giving vent to loud denunciation of the leaders in the mismanaged campaign . It was nearly ten o'clock before his dead were laid away , -- before anything occurred that looked like discovery of the missing pair . Then came new excitement . Far down toward the point where the distant spur seemed to sink to the general level of the prairie one or two of Warren 's scouts could be seen rapidly spurring , as though in answer to signals . Presently they , too , began waving their hats to those searching higher up the ridge .