Enraged at their barbarity, we fired our guns loaden with grape shot, and a volley of small arms among them, which effectually checked their ardour, and obliged them to retire to a distance from the shore; from whence a few round cannon shot soon removed them into the woods.

The whole river was black over with the heads of the fugitives, who were swimming for their lives.

These poor wretches, fearing _us_ as much as their conquerors, dived when we fired, and cried most lamentably for mercy.

Having now effectually favoured their retreat, we stood backwards and forwards, and took up several that were wounded and tired.

All whose wounds had disabled them from swimming, were either butchered or drowned, before we got up to them.