about two in the morning
The snow was deep , and the Rangers and Indians were on snowshoes . The regulars followed us , plodding along heavily through the snow . We reached Halfway Brook that night , and the next day got over to Lake George . We waited till it was dark and then marched down the lake to the First Narrows , which we reached about two in the morning . It was bitter cold , and already some of the men were so badly frost-bitten that twenty of them had been sent back to Fort Edward . `` Now , boys , '' said Rogers , `` we must keep under cover all day and hide till night comes on . You ca n't have any fires .