Carson to evacuate the fort and retire to Fort Stephens.

When he did so, however, Captain Austill and about fifty other planters, with their families, determined to remain and defend Fort Glass at all hazards.

Among those who remained was Mr.Hardwicke, who, now that the Indians had murdered his children, as he supposed, had little to live for, and was disposed to serve the common cause at the most dangerous posts, where every available man was needed.
After a time Col.

Carson was sent back to the fort with his Mississippi volunteers, and this freed the daring spirits inside the fort from the necessity of remaining there.

They went at once on scouting parties, Tandy Walker, the guide, being almost always one of the number going out on these perilous expeditions.