midnight
Cadillac and the Pottawatamies would come together from the north ; the Malhominis , the Winnebagoes , and the Chippewas would come separately , and I would lead the Sacs under my command . All was agreed upon , and I saw the messengers dispatched . Then I took a canoe and eight men , and started on my own journey . It was then past midnight . The eight men worked well . By sunrise I was fighting the dogs and the stench in the Sacs village , and by eleven the same morning I was on my way again with eighty braves following . The Sacs were such clumsy people in canoes that I did not dare trust them on the water , so we arranged to make a detour to the west and reach the rendezvous by land .