The Negroes refused to accede to these terms, and while the interpreter was addressing some, the rest tried to push forward.

Some of the militia opposed them by holding their muskets in a horizontal position, on which one of the mutineers fired, and the militia returned the fire.

A melee commenced, in which fourteen mutineers were killed and wounded.

The fire of the Africans produced little effect: they soon took to flight amid the woods which flanked the road.

Twenty-eight of them were taken, amongst whom was the Yarraba chief, Ogston.