Meanwhile the main body followed cautiously after, the men spread out in a long line, with the wings advanced; the left wing under Major Jesse Walton, the right under Major Jonathan Tipton, while Sevier himself commanded the centre, which advanced along the trail by which the scouts were to retreat.

When the Indians were drawn into the middle, the two wings were to close in, when the whole party would be killed or captured.
The plan worked well.

The scouts soon came up with the warriors, and, after a moment's firing, ran back, with the Indians in hot pursuit.
Sevier's men lay hid, and, when the leading warriors were close up, they rose and fired.

Walton's wing closed in promptly; but Tipton was too slow, and the startled Cherokees ran off through the opening he had left, rushed into a swamp impassable for horsemen, and scattered out, each man for himself, being soon beyond pursuit.

Nevertheless, Sevier took thirteen scalps, many weapons, and all their plunder.