The Indians crowded into the craft they had captured, and paddled and rowed after the scows, whooping and firing.

They nearly overtook the last scow, whereupon its people shifted to the second, and abandoned it.

When further pressed the people shifted into the headmost scow, cut holes in its sides so as to work all the oars, and escaped down-stream, leaving the Indians to plunder the two abandoned boats, which contained twenty-eight horses and fifteen hundred pounds' worth of goods.
Pursuit of the War Party.
The Kentuckians of the neighborhood sent word to General Harmar, begging him to break up this nest of plunderers.

Accordingly he started after them, with his regular troops.

He was joined by a number of Kentucky mounted riflemen, under the command of Col.