The sole survivor had fought his way into the scrub and escaped unnoticed.
Crozet promptly dismantled his station, burying and burning all that could not be carried away, and marched his men to the boats.

The natives met them on the way, yelling, dancing, and shouting that their chief had killed Marion.

Arrived at the boats, Crozet says that he drew a line along the sand and called to a chief that any native who crossed it would be shot.

The chief, he declares, quietly told the mob, who at once, to the number of a thousand, sat down on the ground and watched the French embark.

No sooner had the boats pushed out than the natives in an access of fury began to hurl javelins and stones and rushed after them into the water.