The Chickasaws: The Firing Line Was "Like Blackbirds"
Brad LiebAn Iroquois Indian who managed to escape during the attack on Ogoula Tchetoka later described the advancing Chickasaw firing line “like blackbirds,” with line after line of uninterrupted musket fire driving a hole in French and Indian forces.
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