about nine o'clock
We were molested no more during the night , but shooting was kept up at intervals in the neighborhood all night . Some citizens slept under their houses for safety . The morning of the 11th of November dawned clear and cold , and the sufferings of those who were compelled to sleep in the open air were terrible . At about nine o'clock Rev. Simons called at my house . He had his wagon laden with comfortables for the suffering ones . `` Hundreds are in the woods , '' he said after greeting me , `` and God only knows what their sufferings were during the night . '' `` People of the Saxon race , whom we have trusted so implicitly , this is your work , for which you must answer to God , '' and with his hand he brushed away a tear .