Entering the fort in defiance of the sentinels, they made their way without ceremony into the officers' quarters.

On one occasion an Indian took up a rifle and fired it in the parlor of the commanding officer, as an expression of defiance.

Some were of opinion that this was intended among the young men as a signal for an attack.

The old chiefs passed backwards and forwards among the assembled groups, with the appearance of the most lively agitation, while the squaws rushed to and fro, in great excitement, and evidently prepared for some fearful scene.
Any further manifestation of ill feeling was, however, suppressed for the present, and Captain Heald, strange as it may seem, continued to entertain a conviction of having created so amicable a disposition among the Indians as would insure the safety of the command on their march to Fort Wayne.
Thus passed the time until the 12th of August.

The feelings of the inmates of the fort during this time may be better imagined than described.