The check that had been given the Indians allowed the whites time to recover heart and breath.

Retreating in groups or singly through the forest, with their weapons reloaded, their speed of foot and woodcraft enabled such as had crossed the river to escape without further serious loss.
Boon was among the last to leave the field.

His son Israel was slain, and he himself was cut off from the river; but turning abruptly to one side, he broke through the ranks of the pursuers, outran them, swam the river, and returned unharmed to Bryan's Station.
Among the men in the battle were Capt.

Robert Patterson and young Aaron Reynolds.

When the retreat began Patterson could not get a horse.