[Footnote: Levi Todd's letter, Aug.

26, 1782.] But the Indians had the advantage in numbers, and were able to outflank the whites.
In a minute the spies brought word that the enemy were close in front.
[Footnote: It is absolutely erroneous to paint the battle as in any way a surprise.

Boon says: "We discovered the enemy lying in wait for us; on this discovery we formed our columns into a single line, and marched up in their front." There was no ambush, except that of course the Indians, as usual, sheltered themselves behind trees or in the long grass.

From what Boon and Levi Todd say, it is evident that the firing began on both sides at the same time.

Caldwell says the Indians fired one gun whereupon the Kentuckians fired a volley.] The Kentuckians galloped up at speed to within sixty yards of their foes, leaped from their horses, and instantly gave and received a heavy fire.