seen running from the cabins to take refuge behind the steep bank of the river.  A few shots from the three-pounder dislodged the defenders of the block-house; and about sunset the Americans closed in, but only to find that their foes had escaped under cover of a noisy fire from a few of the hindmost warriors.  They had run up stream, behind the banks, until they came to a small “branch” or brook, by means of which they gained the shelter of the forest, where they at once scattered and disappeared.  A few of their stragglers exchanged shots with the advance guard of Logan’s wing as it at last came down the bank; this was the only part Logan was able to take in the battle.  Of the Indians six or eight were slain, whereas the whites lost seventeen killed, and a large number wounded. [Footnote:  Bradford MS.; the McAfee MSS. make the loss “15 or 20 Indians” in the last assault, and “nearly as many” whites.  Boon’s narrative says seventeen on each side.  But McKee says only six Indians were killed and three wounded; and Bombardier Homan, in the letter already quoted, says six were killed and two captured, who were afterwards slain.  The latter adds from hearsay that the Americans cruelly slew an Indian woman; but there is not a syllable in any of the other accounts to confirm this, and it may be set down as a fiction of the by-no-means-valorous bombardier.  The bombardier mentions that the Indians in their alarm and anger immediately burnt all the male prisoners in their villages.

The Kentucky historians give very scanty accounts of this expedition; but as it was of a typical character it is worth while giving in full.  The McAfee MSS. contain most information about it.] Clark destroyed all the houses and a very large quantity of corn; and he sent out detachments which destroyed another village, and the stores of some British and French Canadian traders.  Then the army marched back to the mouth of the Licking and disbanded, most of the volunteers having been out just twenty-five days. [Footnote:  Bradford MS.]

    Effect of the Victory.

The Indians were temporarily cowed by their loss and the damage they had suffered, [Footnote:  See Haldimand MSS.  De Peyster to Haldimand, Aug. 30, 1780.] and especially by the moral effect of so formidable a retaliatory foray following immediately on the heels of Bird’s inroad.  Therefore, thanks to Clark, the settlements south of the Ohio were but little molested for the remainder of the year. [Footnote:  McAfee MSS.] The bulk of the savages remained north of the river, hovering about their burned towns, planning to take vengeance in the spring. [Footnote:  Virginia State Papers, I., 451.]