five in the morning
The next morning , the English marched at daybreak . Seventeen wounded men were left behind in the huts , having been , in accordance with the agreement , handed over to the charge of a French surgeon ; but as he was not there in the morning , the regimental surgeon , Miles Whitworth , remained with them attending to their wants . The French surgeon had caused special sentinels to be placed for their protection , but these were now removed , when they were needed most . At five in the morning the Indians entered the huts , dragged out the inmates , tomahawked and scalped them before the eyes of Whitworth , and in the presence of La Corne and other Canadian officers , as well as of a French guard stationed within forty feet of the spot -- none of whom , as Whitworth declared on oath , did anything to protect the wounded men . The Indians , in the meantime , had begun to plunder the baggage of the column . Monro complained , to the officers of the French escort , that the terms of the capitulation were broken ; but the only answer was that he had better give up all the baggage to the Indians , to appease them . But it had no effect in restraining the passion of the Indians .