midnight
Think you , Winnebeg , you can keep your young men in the encampment to-night ? '' `` Try him Gubbernor -- call him council -- speak him of march to Fort Wayne ; spose young Ingin come , good -- spose him no come , sleep till to-morrow . '' `` Very well , Winnebeg , you must arrange it as best you can , but contrive at least to keep them from prowling around the fort . At midnight , then , Mr. McKenzie , we shall commence the work of destruction . When you have made your own preparations , and wish to come in for aid , follow the subterranean passage that leads from the river near your warehouse to the sallyport ; you will find the men there busily engaged , and ready for you the moment they have emptied the contents of our casks . '' The commandant waved his hand in a familiar manner as he concluded , and the trader and the chief withdrew . `` But I am constant as the northern star . ''