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there was sharp skirmishing between the advance 

 guard and the hindermost Indians. Ten scalps 

 were taken and seven prisoners, besides two whites 

 being recaptured. Of Clark's men, one was killed 

 and one wounded. The flight of the Indians was 

 too hasty to permit them to save any of their be- 

 longings. All the cabins were burned, together with 

 an immense quantity of corn and provisions a 

 severe loss at the opening of winter. McKee, the 

 Detroit partisan, attempted to come to the rescue 

 with what Indians he could gather, but was met 

 and his force promptly scattered. 25 Logan led a 

 detachment to the head of the Miami, and burned 

 the stores of the British traders. The loss to the 

 savages at the beginning of cold weather was very 

 great; they were utterly cast down and panic- 

 stricken at such a proof of the power of the whites, 

 coming as it did so soon after the battle of the Blue 

 Licks. The expedition returned in triumph, and 

 the Kentuckians completely regained their self-con- 

 fidence; and though for ten years longer Kentucky 

 suffered from the inroads of small parties of sav- 

 ages, it was never again threatened by a serious 

 invasion. 26 



At the beginning of 1783, when the news of peace 



25 Haldimand MSS. Letter of Alex. McKee, November 15, 

 1782. He makes no attempt to hide the severity of the blow ; 

 his letter shows a curious contrast in tone to the one he wrote 

 after the Blue Licks. He states that the victory has opened 

 the road to Detroit to the Americans. 



26 Va. State Papers, p. 381. Clark's letter of November 27, 

 1782. 



