 After hearing the attack on Apple in the distance, Dodge continued on toward Fort Hamilton (present-day Wiota, Wisconsin), gathered a company of 29 mounted volunteers on arrival and sped off to intercept that band.He led the chase through tangled underbrush until, breaking into prairie, they caught sight of the raiding party.The Kickapoo crossed the Pecatonica River within sight of the pursuing militia, and entered into a swamp.