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the Colonel instantly killed. A third Indian then came near 

 him and shot him dead. Captain Mead was killed at the com- 

 mencement of the action. A party under lieutenant Gar- 

 rett consisting of fifteen or twenty men, retreated a mile and a 

 half, where they were surrendered and massacred, all but the 

 lieutenant himself. 



The snow was deep, our men were completely exhausted in 

 the latter part of the action, and so fell an easy prey to a 

 merciless enemy. General Winchester and colonel Lewis were 

 taken prisoners at a bridge about three-fourths of a mile from 

 the town. Stripping them of their coats, they were carried 

 to colonel Proctor by their captors. 



All this time, amidst all this desolation and death, Madison 

 and Graves maintained their position behind their pickets, 

 with more than Spartan valor. Proctor finding it useless lon- 

 ger to assail this little band of heroes, withdrew his forces 

 from before it, and posted himself in some woods, beyond the 

 reach of our rifles. As soon as Proctor ascertained that Win- 

 chester was taken prisoner, he determined to get possession of 

 Madison, Graves and their men behind the pickets, without 

 further contest. Winchester instantly agreed to surrender 

 these brave men. Major Overton, his aid, accompanied by 

 Proctor himself, and several British officers, carried a flag of 

 truce and an order from Winchester, directed to Madison and 

 Graves to surrender themselves and men to the enemy. Af- 

 ter some threats from Proctor, and some little altercation be- 

 tween them, the British commander agreed to receive a sur- 

 render on the following terms : " that private property should 

 be respected — that sleds should be provided next morning to 

 convey the wounded to Amherstburgh near Maiden — that in 

 the meantime they should be protected by a guard — and final- 

 ly, that the side arms of the officers should be restored to them 

 at Maiden." Reduced to half a keg of cartridges, surround- 

 ed by three times their own number of enemies, without any 

 hope of being reinforced from any quarter, it would have 

 been madness in them to refuse such terms, and Madison and 

 Graves did surrender on these terms, and relied on British hon- 



