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resistance was useless Leggett finally consented to accompany them to 
the British camp on the condition that his men were not disarmed. 
After proceeding together in that direction until night fell, the Indians 
became suspicious that their prisoners intended to escape, when they 
were all ruthlessly shot down and scalped. This took place so near 
Muir’s encampment that the sound of the firing was distinctly heard by 
the sentries and caused a general alarm.' Muir at once sent off a runner 
with a message to summon the Indians to his support and took up a 
position on the high ground commanding a ford in the river. At noon 
next day Elliott came up with six hundred warriors and scouts were 
sent out to explore the woods in every direction. At nightfall, Split 
Log, a Wyandot chief of reputation, reported that he had gone entirely 
around the enemy’s camp which was situated about eight miles away 
and was strongly fortified. He estimated their force at about 2,500 
men.? Winchester’s advance from Fort Wayne had been conducted 
with great caution in three parallel columns, a few hundred yards apart, 
with his supply train in the centre and an advance guard of three hun- 
dred men preceded by a screen of scouts thrown out a mile or two in 
front. Moving at a rate of between five and ten miles a day he invari- 
ably halted about three o’clock in the afternoon and surrounded his 
entire camp with a formidable breastwork of logs and brush. When 
it became dark large fires were built fifty paces outside his lines and 
smaller ones at the door of each tent. 
On the morning of the 27th much dismay was caused by the dis- 
covery of the mutilated bodies of Leggett’s party and Winchester at 
once drew in his flanking columns and retired to his camp which he 
began to strengthen in expectation of an attack.* 
Muir was already in difficulties from lack of supplies, many cattle 
having run away from their drivers. He had in consequence only 


‘ Muir to Procter, Sept. 26, 1812; Richardson (Casselman’s ed.), pp. 94-5. 
2 Muir to Procter, Sept. 26, 1812; Richardson, p. 95. 
Brigade Major Garrard reported the strength of Winchester’s brigade, Oct. 31, 
1812, as follows:— 


Regiments of Allen, Lewis and Scott fit for duty ........ 1,678 
‘Bick? present, iiss, Av bidels awit: Rite RS ee ees 216 
‘absent . .231. 
1,894 
Winchester had also under his command Simrall’s dragoons 300 
Garrard’s troop of mounted riflemen................ 70 380 
2,274 
3 Letter in Federal Republican of Georgetown, D.C., Nov.27, 1812, dated 
Paris, Ky., Oct. 24. 
* Tupper to Harrison, Oct. 12, 1812. 
