A long and bloody conflict ensued. Brant had the advantage of position and superior numbers ; one-third

of Hathorn's small force became detached ; closer and closer allies drew their circle of fire until Hathorn was hemmed within the circumference of an acre of ground, upon a rocky hill that sloped on all sides, where he maintained the conflict until the sun of that long July day went down. With the gathering twilight the ammunition of the

the Indians and their white

militia was exhausted, and, placing themselves in a hollow square,

they prepared their last defense with the butts of their muskets.

Broken at one corner, the square became a rout, and the flying Behind a rock on the fugitives were shot down without mercy. of the Tusten dressed wounds his field, neighbors, while ite shelter was also made the point from which a constant fire was kept up by a negro without his knowledge. As the last shot fell from Indians rushed to the spot, killed Tusten and

this retreat, the

the wounded men in his charge, seventeen in number, and com

which they had commenced. Of the whole number who went forth to chastise the invaders, only about thirty returned to relate the scenes through which they had passed, and to graft forever their traditions of the damage from which they had escaped upon the history of Orange county. The attack upon Wyoming and the devastation which threat pleted the bloody work

ened the borders determined the action of congress.