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swift advance just as a scouting party of warriors, 

 who had been sent out to watch the whites, were re- 

 turning to the village. The warning was so short 

 that the squaws and children had barely time to re- 

 treat out of the way. As Clark crossed the stream, 

 the warriors left their cabins and formed in some 

 thick timber behind them. At the same moment a 

 cousin of Clark's, who had been captured by the In- 

 dians, and was held prisoner in the town, made his 

 escape and ran toward the Americans, throwing up 

 his hands, and calling out that he was a white man. 

 He was shot, whether by the Americans or the In- 

 dians none could say. Clark came up and spoke a 

 few words with him before he died. 43 A long- 

 range skirmish ensued with the warriors in the tim- 

 ber ; but on the approach of Clark's second division 

 the Indians fell back. The two divisions followed 

 in pursuit, becoming mingled in disorder. After a 

 slight running fight of two hours the whites lost 

 sight of their foes, and, wondering what had become 

 of Logan's wing, they gathered together and 

 marched back toward the river. One of the Mc- 

 Afees, captain over a company of riflemen from Salt 

 River, was leading, when he discovered an Indian in 

 a treetop. He and one of his men sought shelter 

 behind the same tree; whereupon he tried to glide 

 behind another, but was shot and mortally wounded 



fight with fools or madmen." This offers a comical contrast 

 to Girty's real opinion, as shown in McKee's letter. 

 f 43 Durrett MSS. Volume: "Papers referring to G. R. 

 Clark." The cousin's name was Joseph Rogers, a brother of 

 the commander of the galley. 



