_Smyth_, the Englishman, accuses Lewis of cowardice, an accusation which deserves no more attention than do the similar accusations of treachery brought against Dunmore.

Brantz Mayer speaks in very hyperbolic terms of the "relentless Lewis," and the "great slaughter" of the Indians.
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Wayne won an equally decisive victory, but he outnumbered his foes three to one.

Bouquet, who was almost beaten, and was saved by the provincial rangers, was greatly the superior in force, and suffered four times the loss he inflicted.

In both cases, especially that of Bouquet, the account of the victor must be received with caution where it deals with the force and loss of the vanquished.