Rogers did not go directly toward the force of Amherst, but bore more toward the west, thinking it likely that he would have to meet the force of Sir William Johnson who was to cooeperate with Prideaux in the attack on Niagara.
"Sir William has entirely recovered from the wound he received at the Battle of Lake George," Rogers said to Robert, "and he's again taking a big part in the war.

We have Louisbourg and Duquesne, and now, if we take Niagara and Ticonderoga and Crown Point, we can advance in great force on Quebec and Montreal." "So we can," said Robert, "but there are those owls again, hooting in the daytime, and I'm quite sure now they're Indians." "I think so too, and it begins to look as if they meant an attack.

Every mile here brings us rapidly nearer to dangerous country.

I'll send out two more scouts." Two of his best men were dispatched, one on either flank, but both came in very soon with reports of imminent danger.

Trails were seen, and they had grown in size.