An iron muzzle pushed at his breast, but the powder flashed in the pan.

He swerved and struck at the rifleman with his broken hilt.

But the other guns aimed at him spoke; and Ferguson's body jerked from the saddle pierced by eight bullets.

Men seized the bridle of the frenzied horse, plunging on with his dead master dragging from the stirrup.
The battle had lasted less than an hour.

After Ferguson fell, De Peyster advanced with a white flag and surrendered his sword to Campbell.