At daybreak the stock were turned loose and four of the men went outside the fort.

Two began to clear a patch of turnip-land about a hundred and fifty yards off, leaving their guns against a tree close at hand.

The other two started towards the corn-crib, with a horse and bag.

After going a quarter of a mile, the path dipped into a hollow, and here they suddenly came on the Indians, advancing stealthily toward the fort.

At the first fire one of the men was killed, and the horse, breaking loose, galloped back to the fort.
The other man likewise turned and ran towards home, but was confronted by an Indian who leaped into the path directly ahead of him.