Of these both were shot through the head, and death did not at once relieve them.

They both lay groaning dully.

Jamieson passed them swiftly by.

The tally showed that of the Missourians three had been killed, four badly wounded, besides the slight wound of Dunwody and that of a planter by the name of Sanders, who had been shot through the arm.
Of the boat party, smaller in the first place though well armed, the loss had been slightly less.

Two men had been killed outright and three others badly wounded, of these one, probably, fatally hurt.