But the exultant
riflemen did not stop even there. They were hot on the heels of
Wyatt and the fugitives, and attacked at once the Iroquois who
came to their relief. So fierce was their rush that these new
forces were driven back at once. Braxton Wyatt, Coleman, and a
dozen more, seeing no other escape, fled to a large log house
used as a granary, threw themselves into it, barred the doors
heavily, and began to fire from the upper windows, small openings
usually closed with boards. Other Indians from the covert of
house, tepee, or tree, fired upon the assailants, and a fresh
battle began in the town.
The riflemen, directed by their leaders, met the new situation
promptly. Fired upon from all sides, at least twenty rushed into
a house some forty yards from that of Braxton Wyatt. Others
seized another house, while the rest remained outside, sheltered
by little outhouses, trees, or inequalities of the earth, and
maintained rapid sharpshooting in reply to the Iroquois in the
town or to Braxton Wyatt's men in the house. Now the combat
became fiercer than ever. The warriors uttered yells, and
Wyatt's men in the house sent forth defiant shouts. From another
part of the town came shrill cries of old squaws, urging on their
fighting men.
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