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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Spirit of the Border by Zane Grey: "Here--when--high--sun."
With that he bounded lightly past them, and loped off with an even, swinging
stride.
"What did he mean?" asked Jim, almost sure he had not heard the runner aright.
"He meant that a party of white men are approaching, and will be here by noon.
I never knew an Indian runner to carry unreliable information. We have joyful
news, both in regard to your brother, and the Village of Peace. Let us go in
to tell the others."
The Huron runner's report proved to be correct. Shortly before noon signals
from Indian scouts proclaimed the approach of a band of white men. Evidently
Girty's forces had knowledge beforehand of the proximity of this band, for the
The Spirit of the Border | 
