These men armed themselves, and by the time they were ready for action, the Indians had already begun their work of plunder.
"But the Indians were not cunning enough for the white folks, that time.

The settlers formed themselves into two parties--one of seven and one of three men.

The three men went down very cautiously to the Indian's landing-place, and after cutting slits in their bark canoes, they hid themselves, and awaited the result.

While they were doing this, the other party made such a furious and sudden attack upon the enemy, that the Indians thought they were assailed by a force far superior to their own, and so they fled as fast as they could.

When they reached the landing-place, they jumped pell-mell into their canoes, and pushed out into the stream.