three in the morning
An overwhelming majority were in favor of making the attack . In the fleet the men , used to danger and loving it as the breath of their nostrils , were practically unanimous . But Adam Colfax and Major Braithwaite agreed to drag first for the cannon . At three in the morning a dozen boats went forth upon the river . They contained the two commanders , Boone , Kenton , Henry , and others , besides the divers and the men with grappling hooks . It was a dark night , and , in addition , Simon Kenton and a dozen good men went upon the northern shore to search the woods for a watching enemy . Henry and Seth Cole were in the boat with Adam Colfax and Major Braithwaite , and the two sought to mark the exact spot upon the water at which the cannon had been sunk .