seven
o'clock in the morning
Whenever we reached the habitation of one of our prisoners , we thanked him for the assistance he had afforded us , and allowed him to remain , on his undertaking not only not to act against us that day , but to do his best to prevent his countrymen from attacking us . This was very judicious ; for although , I believe , fresh skirmishers came on , the old ones gradually withdrew , and thus we never had , at a time , any very large force with which to contend . Several of our men had been wounded , but none had been killed that we were aware of . However , when , at seven o'clock in the morning , we reached the place of debarkation , we found that , exclusive of the wounded , one seaman and six soldiers were missing . What had become of them we could not tell , but as they were not seen to fall , it is more than probable that they deserted to the enemy . When I returned on board the Charon , Captain Symonds was pleased to say that the general was highly satisfied with the way the expedition had been conducted . Whatever may be thought of General Arnold , I may here remark that he was a first-rate soldier and a clever man , as was proved by all the expeditions he planned and the exploits he performed .