ten o'clock
Tahoontowhee dressed and cooked my fish for me , each in a bass-wood leaf , and when they were done and smelling most fragrant , we all made a delicious feast , with corn bread from the ovens and salt pork and a great jug of milk from the army 's herd . At eight o'clock another gun was fired . This was the daily signal , I learned , to stack tents and load pack-horses . And another gun fired at ten o'clock meant `` March . '' With all these guns , and a fourth at sundown , I saw an unhappy time ahead for my Indians . Truly , I think the sound makes them sick . They all pulled wry faces now , and I had my jest at their expense , ours being a most happy little family , so amiably did the Mohican and Oneidas foregather ; and also , there being among them a Sagamore and a Chief of the noble Oneida clan , I could meet them on an equality of footing which infringed nothing on military etiquette .