three in the morning
So many were frost-bitten that Rogers sent all the regulars back to Sabbath Day Point , and thirty Rangers with them . Amos went with this party . They were told to build fires to keep themselves warm , and to wait for us . -LSB- Sidenote : THEY CAPTURE SOME PRISONERS -RSB- At three in the morning the rest of us started out , Rogers , three lieutenants , one regular , and forty Rangers , and Captain Lotridge with forty-six Mohawk Indians . We went southward to avoid being seen , and crossed South Bay about eight miles south of the fort . Here we came upon the trail of a large party of Indians who had gone toward Fort Edward ; and Rogers sent off a couple of scouts to notify the men at the fort . Then we turned and marched north in a couple of files , till we got within half a mile of the place where the French were cutting wood .