Most of the warriors escaped, but over twenty were slain; as were also four or five French traders, while half a dozen Frenchmen and one Indian squaw were captured.

All the cabins were destroyed, the live stock was slain, and much plunder taken.

The prisoners were well treated and released; but on the way home another party of French traders were encountered, and their goods were taken from them.

The two Chickasaws were given their full share of all the plunder.
This blow gave a breathing spell to the Cumberland settlements.
Robertson at once wrote to the French in the Illinois country, and also to some Delawares, who had recently come to the neighborhood, and were preserving a dubious neutrality.

He explained the necessity of their expedition, and remarked that if any innocent people, whether Frenchmen or Indians, had suffered in the attack, they had to blame themselves; they were in evil company, and the assailants could not tell the good from the bad.