A band of about 400 Creeks responded by burning local homes and plantations along the Pea River swamp as they moved south.

Even the Three Notch Trail that traversed through Troy was considered dangerous at this point, as other local Creek Indians around the area were turning violent and burning and looting houses along the stretch of road.

The path of the Creeks had become easy to find due to the several looted and burned plantations they had left behind them as they moved south.

Upon encountering the Creeks downstream, a fierce four-hour battle began on opposite sides of a nearby lagoon.

Records from some of the participants in the battle reported that some of the Creek women and children also took up arms to fight, raining showers of rifle balls and arrows on the militiamen.

The tactic worked as many of the Creeks fled to their encampment to carry off their children, some even swimming the river in order to flee.