The cannons did not seem to have a significant direct effect on the confederate force, but caused some warriors to flee. The confederate force refused to retreat, however, forcing the fort to remain closed while a British artillery crew searched for the cannon's buried after St. Clair's defeat in 1791. Blue Jacket had no choice but to support the futile attack, which lasted until nightfall. Chickasaw and Choctaw scouts managed to get behind the confederate line and shoot some Ojibwe and Odawa warriors in the back. This spawned accusations by the northern nations that they had been fired upon by rival Shawnee. The scouts also observed a crowd of commanders, which included at least three British officers in red uniforms, a large number of white men, and Simon Girty. One officer, Captain Jean Baptiste Beaubien, was seen near the wood line just out of musket range. A Chickasaw rifleman finally shot him with a double charge of powder; he was carried into the forest but later died. Inflicting few casualties while taking on many, the confederacy decided to retire to the forest. That night, they attempted a surprise attack on the fort. It lasted nearly two hours, but accomplished little. Shots continued through the night, as soldiers from within the fort fired upon Native Americans who were gathering their dead and wounded. During the night, a scouting company under Captain William Wells reported that there were British officers behind the Indian lines, and that they had brought powder and cannonballs, but no cannons. They were looking for U.S. cannons that had been buried after St. Clair's defeat, not knowing that these had already been recovered by the Legion of the United States. The British officers recovered one cannon, but were unable to utilize it; one later stated that "had we two barrels of powder, Fort Recovery would have been in our possession with the help of St. Clair's cannon." The next day, 1 July, some among the confederate forces attacked the fort again. They began to withdraw by noon, and they were gone by nightfall. Aftermath On 2 July, Captain Gibson sent burial details. They were fired on by a few remaining Native Americans, but the two sides did little more than exchange angry words from a distance. Captain Gibson counted 35 dead, 43 wounded, 20 captured or missing. In addition, 46 horses were killed and 9 wounded, while the