At last victory declared for the Indians.

Estill had despatched a lieutenant and seven men to get round the Wyandots and assail them in the rear; but either the lieutenant's heart or his judgment failed him, he took too long, and meanwhile the Wyandots closed in on the others, killing nine, including Estill, and wounding four, who, with their unhurt comrades, escaped.

It is said that the Wyandots themselves suffered heavily.
[Footnote: Of course not as much as their foes.

The backwoodsmen (like the regular officers of both the British and American armies in similar cases, as at Grant's and St.Clair's defeats) were fond of consoling themselves for their defeats by snatching at any wild tale of the losses of the victors.

In the present instance it is even possible that the loss of the Wyandots was very light instead of very heavy.] These various ravages and skirmishes were but the prelude to a far more serious attack.