[gunfire]
- Male narrator: "We moved into our fort
"on the 9th day of May, 1832.
"Two weeks later, I went to my farm to sow a few late oats.
"My wife went along to make some garden,
"and took six men with us to stand guard.
"In the afternoon, the babe commenced crying
"and would not be quieted.
"Sally said she would take the baby and go to the fort.
"I said, 'No, we will all go.
'There may be Indians watching us.'
"As we stopped at the fort, we heard gunfire.
"In a few minutes, we saw James Smith come running
"without his hat or gun.
"He said, 'We had just got off our horses
"'when the Indians fired!'
"'Mr. Aubrey fell, my horse jerked loose from me.
"'I then dropped my gun and run!'
"James was all bloody.
"His nose was bleeding from the scare and running together."
Esau Johnson, Fort Blue Mound.
[gentle music]