noon
As I was again on duty with Hanierri and the Dominie , I saw not Lois that day . Friday was fair and sunny , and the ground dried out . And all the morning I was with Dominie Kirkland and Hanierri , translating , transcribing , and writing out the various speeches and addresses left for me by General Sullivan . Runners came in toward noon with news that our main forces had encamped at the pass before Chemung , and were there awaiting us . Murphy , the rifleman , came saying that our detail was packing up at the fort , that Major Parr had sent word for Lieutenant Boyd to strike tents and pull foot , and that the boats were now making ready to drop down the river with the non-combatants . My pack , and those of my Indians , had been prepared for days , and there was little for me to do to make ready . Some batt-men carried my military chest to the fort , where it was bestowed with the officers ' baggage until we returned .