The survivors were taken prisoners, and, starving and miserable, were brought to Prairie du Chien.

Our mother was at the Port at the time of their arrival.

She described their condition as wretched and reduced beyond anything she had ever witnessed.

One woman who spoke a little Chippewa gave her an account of the sufferings and hardships they had endured--it was truly appalling.
After having eaten such of the horses as could be spared, they had subsisted on acorns, elm-bark, or even grass.

Many had died of starvation, and their bodies were found lying in their trail by the pursuing whites.