noon
He tried to grin on recognizing me . Word was passed on from our rear that runners had been sent to hurry up Colonel Christian and his two hundred men . Among the captains killed by this time were John Murray and Samuel Wilson . It was a few minutes after the noon hour that Cousin emerged from the smoke on my right and howled : `` There 's old Puck-i-n-shin-wa ! '' He darted forward , clearing all obstacles with the ease of a deer . I saw the Shawnee chief , father of Tecumseh , snap his piece at the boy . Then I saw him go down with Cousin 's lead through his painted head .