Before winter set in heralds arrived from the hostile tribes to say that they wished peace.
The Indians Utterly Downcast.
The Indians were utterly downcast over their defeat.

[Footnote: Canadian Archives, William Johnson Chew to Joseph Chew, December 7.

1794.] The destruction of their crops, homes, and stores of provisions was complete, and they were put to sore shifts to live through the winter.
Their few cattle, and many even of their dogs, died; they could not get much food from the British; and as winter wore on they sent envoy after envoy to the Americans, exchanged prisoners, and agreed to make a permanent peace in the spring.

They were exasperated with the British, who, they said, had not fulfilled a single promise they had made.

[Footnote: Brickell's Narrative.] Their Anger with the British.
The anger of the Indians against the British was as just as it was general.