...ty men with me. I sent out for the rest of my men and officers, but could not find them. Stragglers came in and reported that Lieutenant-Colonel Creighton, Captains Harelton. Huherer, Hotrel, and Lieutenant Silloway had retired toward the fort. On hearing this, I said to my few men: We will be cut off; they are trying to surround us; we are too few to fight so many, and they gradually, being in good order, mo...