A. Without any ammunition or anything else. Probably one or two of the party, or a few of them, had revolvers, but the majority of us had not.
Q. What did you do then?
A. We got started, and about half of the company went out, and the balance of us turned around and came out then, feeling that we were whipped.
Q. Then you had not the means to cope—arms or weapons to cope with the crowd?
A. No, sir. There were a number lost their muskets in wrestling with the crowd, but they were willing to fight or do anything to hold on to them, but we were powerless because we had nothing to defend ourselves with.
By Senator Yutzy:
Q. Were the muskets wrenched from their hands?
A. In some cases they were.
Q. Did your men fight them, or use the bayonet?
A. Didn't use the bayonets. We held on to them, and pulled them away. It was very fortunate for us that there were no pistol shots fired, or we would all have been cut to pieces, because all the crowd were armed, and we were not.