Two of the Indians were sent forward as a decoy--a shameful decoy--to lure into the hands of two hundred warriors an unarmed man, two women, and eight or ten children.

The Indians picked out some of their best marksmen and hid them behind trees and logs near the river.

They were to shoot down the Indians whom others should lure to cross the stream.
The creek which separated the island from the mainland was deep, but not so wide but that persons without much difficulty could make themselves heard across it.

Two of the Indians went down to the river-side, and hailed those at the wigwams, asking them to send a canoe across to take them over.

An Indian woman came down to the bank and informed them that the canoe was on their side, that two hunters had crossed the creek that morning, and had not yet returned.