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The number who fell after the surrender, was supposed by now to be nearly equal to the killed in battle. We now hoped, however, that we were secure from further insult or injury but no sooner had all the prisoners got in than the whole body of Indians rushed into the fort. There seemed to be almost twice our number. One Indian alone shot three, tomahawked a fourth, and stripped and scalped them in our presence. It seems to me, even to this day, whenever I think of this circumstance, that I again see the struggles of the dying prisoner and hear him cry, in vain, for mercy. The whole then raised the war-whoop and commenced loading their guns. What were our feelings at this moment, he, who has never realized can not imagine. A description is impossible. - Capt. Leslie Combs, KY Militia, in a letter to Brigadier Gen. Green Clay
Posted on: Mon, 05 May 2014 19:00:00 +0000

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