Original sentence: " The Kentuckians immediately followed Hugh McGary, as did the officers, who hoped to restore order.Boone remarked, "We are all slaughtered men," and crossed the river anyways.Hugh McGary, known as a fierce Indian fighter, had urged immediate attack, feeling provoked after being overuled and called timid earlier by Colonel Todd.When no one listened to McGary, he mounted his horse and rode across the ford, calling out, "Them that ain't damned cowards, follow me, and I'll show you the Indians
Edited sentence: "No man has ever dared to call me a coward," Boone replied, "I can go as far in an Indian fight as any other man.According to the men who were there: The officers discussed whether to pursue the enemy force immediately before it could escape across the Ohio River or to wait for Colonel Logan to arrive with reinforcements.Boone grabbed a riderless horse and ordered his 23-year-old son, Israel Boone, to mount it.Boone ordered his men to retreat after Hugh McGary warned him that he was surrounded.Boone realized his son was dead, mounted the horse and joined in the retreat.Colonel Todd was the one who overruled McGary in the beginning and ridiculed him in front of his men.He fought at the Battle of Blue Licks although he is not regerenced on the monument because there was no proof that he was there.He then turned to look for a horse for himself.Hugh McGary, known as both a fierce Indian fighter.Israel Boone, Daniel Boone's 23-year-old son, also was killed at the Battle of the Blue licks.Israel suddenly fell to the ground, shot through the neck.John Todd of Fayette County, a colonel and the highest-ranking officer, and Stephen Trigg, a Lieutenant Colonel, were both killed.Major Hugh McGary recommended waiting for Logan, but he was overruled by Colonel Todd, who shamed McGary by suggesting that he was timid.The Kentuckians therefore pursued the retreating British and Indian force, covering nearly 40 miles on horseback over an old buffalo trail before making camp.To suggest that the heavy loss of life was only McGary's fault- is incorrect.Turning to Daniel Boone, McGary said, "I never saw any signs of cowardice about you before.You cannot do this to a Scotch-Irish