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The detachment that they then lay in wait for consisted of one 

 hundred of the "best men of Westmoreland County" in Pennsylvania, 

 including a small company of rangers, under the command of Colonel 

 Archibald Lochry, the lieutenant or commandant of the militia of that 

 county. On August 24th, Lochry 's flotilla arrived in the vicinity of 

 the spot where Brant's party lay in ambush and observing an inviting 

 natural meadow on the Indiana shore he ordered his men to land there 

 for the purpose of cooking provisions and cutting grass for their horses. 

 While thus employed they were surprised and driven to their boats but 

 their escape was prevented by a party of Indians in canoes. The entire 

 corps was cut off. Lochry and six other officers and thirty privates 

 were killed, and twelve officers and fifty-two men were made prisoners 

 including Craycraft's party. 



A iew days later Brant was joined by Thompson and McKee with 

 all the men they could assemble at the Shawanese villages, and the 

 united force proceeded down the Ohio in the hope of overtaking 

 Colonel Clark. They had advanced within thirty miles of Louisville 

 where it was reported that he was awaiting Lochry's arrival, with the 

 intention of attacking him in his camp when they found that so many 

 of their Indian followers had deserted and returned to their homes, that 

 they were obliged to abandon this design and resolved to attack some 

 of the smaller forts in Kentucky instead. On arriving at the main road 

 leading from Louisville to the upper forts, a party of Miami Indians 

 who formed their advance guard surprised and captured a convoy of 

 wagons escorted by a party of horsemen, several of whom were killed. 

 An ambush was formed near the scene of this attack and next day they 

 entrapped a strong party of Kentucky militia led by Colonel Floyd, the 

 lieutenant of the county. Floyd and forty of his men were killed and 

 a number taken prisoners with the loss of only four Indians. 



During this expedition Brant accidentally wounded himself in the 

 leg with his own sword and was consequently obliged to remain for the 

 winter at Detroit where he was joined by his wife who came from 

 Niagara to nurse him. 



Late in April, 1782, he arrived at Fort Erie in the first vessel from 

 Detroit, accompanied by the small band of Seneca warriors who had 

 followed him during his western campaign. Soon after his return to 

 Fort Niagara he consented to go to Oswego although he stated that he 

 would have preferred to join the Shawanese again with whom he 

 thought his services would have been more effective, and on June 24th 



