Hendrick still disapproved of the plan, but nevertheless resolved to accompany the column, and, mounting on a gun carriage, he harangued his warriors with passionate eloquence, and they at once prepared to accompany them.
He was too old and fat to go on foot, and the general lent him a horse, which he mounted, and took his place at the head of the column.
Colonel Williams was in command, with Lieutenant Colonel Whiting as second.

They had no idea of meeting the enemy near the camp, and moved forward so carelessly that not a single scout was thrown out in front or flank.

The sharp eye of the old Indian chief was the first to detect a sign of the enemy, and, almost at the same moment, a gun was fired from the bushes.

It is said that the Iroquois, seeing the Mohawks, who were an allied tribe, in the van, wished to warn them of danger.

The warning came too late to save the column from disaster, but it saved it from destruction.