about two
o'clock
Israel Goodrich and Ezra Phelps , as well as other Stockbridge men , had driven down in their carts , and these vehicles being filled with straw , the Stockbridge prisoners were placed in them . Israel Goodrich insisted that Reuben Hamlin and George Fennell , with Prudence , should go in his cart , and into it were also lifted three or four of the friendless prisoners , who had nowhere to go , and whose helpless condition had stirred old Israel 's benevolent heart to its depths . `` The poor critters shell stay with me , ef I hev tew send my chil 'n tew the neighbours ter make room fer em , '' he declared , blowing his nose with a blast that made his horses jump . With six or seven carts leading the way , and some seventy or eighty men following on foot , the Stockbridge party began the march home about two o'clock . Full half the men who had marched down in the morning , chose to remain over in Barrington till later , and a good many were too drunk on Bement 's free rum to walk . Most of Paul Hubbard 's ironworkers being in that condition , he stayed to look after them , and Peleg Bidwell had also stayed , to see that none of the Stockbridge stragglers got into trouble , and bring them back when he could . Abner walked at the head of the men .