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out before daylight, the Indians must have been fearful of a surprise attaok.
Results proved this to bo the o&se. Gloom of night began to deepen as the
morning hours approached, gradually the east grew brighter, A moment of
breathless suspense then the impatiently awaited signal soundad and the hun¬
dred oraiaped and orouohing whites sprang up with a shout and «barged at tne
double. The Indians must have oeen alert,for Instantly warwhoope rant tha
air—and the snarp whip of their rifles blended with the arios of the sol¬
diers and the louder boom of their oarblnesg for although instructed "not
to kill if oapture oould be effeoted without," it was impossible to restrain
tha men under the galling fire of the Seminole and remain passive to be shot
down themselves. The wild, terrible soene was inore sed by the glaring eyes,
streaming blaok hair, and red painted faces of the savages as they daneed and
jumped about in a fruitless effort to escape. Naked or only half olad in
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hunting shirts, their fuoes however wore a thlok ooating of war paint.
The whole party was finally eaptured whioh oonslstad of several warriors
with Uohaa Billy and his brother Uehee Jaok, also a number of women and
ohildren. One Indian warrior was killed by Lieutenant Peyton who also cap¬
tured another with his own hands, Several others were wounded while but one
of the whites was hit. That one was unfortunately Lieutenant aoNeil. He
fell mortally wounded within a few feet of where Uoheo Billy had orouohed
with deadly aim behind some bags of ooontie hastily piled into a breastwork
and from whose deadly rifle had eome the fatal bullet,' Large (quantities of
ooontie and other Indian spoils were found but most of it was destroyed. The
most aotiva In gathering plunder and the one who oarried off the largest paok
was the guide Toraoka John too lately a visitor to the oamp and its friendly oo-
eupant. It is probable that it was the desire to plunder his friends that
induvsd him to aot as guide to the troopj this Is a oommon feature of the