About eight o'clock
And I hoped to heaven that Lois might not hear of this mischievous business and discover in it an excuse for coming as the guest of any lady at Otsego , or , in fact , make any further attempt to stir until the Right Wing marched and the batteaux took the ladies of Captain Bleecker , Ensign Lansing , and Lana , and herself to Albany . After sundown an officer came to me and said that the entire army was ordered to march at eight that evening , excepting troops sufficient to guard our camp ; that there would be no alarm sounded , and that we were to observe secrecy and silence . Also , it appeared that a gill of rum per man had been authorized , but I refused for myself and my Indians , thinking to myself that the General might have made it less difficult for me if he had confined his indulgence to the troops . About eight o'clock a Stockbridge Indian -- the one who had been with the scout to Chemung -- came to me with a note from Dominie Kirkland . I gave him my hand , and he told me that his name was Yellow Moth , and that he was a Christian . Also , he inquired about the Mole , and I was obliged to relate the circumstances of that poor convert 's murder . `` God 's will , '' said the Yellow Moth very quietly .