one o'clock
The boy was in advance of the line and his coat made him conspicuous . Doubtless the savages believed him to be an important officer because of it . Five of them rushed in to secure his scalp , and each fell dead , and their bodies concealed the boy from view . Up to one o'clock the fighting raged with undiminished fury , with never any cessation of their taunts and epithets and Cornstalk 's stentorian encouragement . Now it is never in Indian nature to prolong a conflict once it is obvious they must suffer heavy losses . They consider it the better wisdom to run away and await an opportunity when the advantage will be with them . Cornstalk had been confident that his early morning attack would drive us into the rivers , thus affording his forces on the opposite banks much sport in picking us off .