ten o'clock
Bishop Klingensmith again led in prayer . He prayed for revelation , for the gifts of the spirit for each of them , and for every order of the priesthood ; that they might prevail over the army marching against them ; that Israel might grow and multiply and cover the earth with cities and become a people so great that no man could number them ; and that the especial favour of Heaven might attend them on their righteous smiting of the Gentile host now delivered over to them by an all-wise Jehovah . The plan of assault was now again rehearsed , and its details communicated to their Indian allies . By ten o'clock all was ready . _ The Meadow Shambles _ They chose William Bateman to go forward with a flag of truce . He was short and plump , with a full , round , ingenuous face . He was chosen , so said Klingensmith , for his plausible ways .