On March 20, 1782, some twenty-five Wyandotte Indians approached Estill 's Station and captured Monk, a Negro slave. Due to Monk's fabrication of the number of defenders of the fort the Indians retreated toward Little Mountain (Mount Sterling), with the Estill’s force close behind.
Estill's force numbered thirty-five men by the time it overtook the Indians shortly before sunset on the twenty-second. Fierce hand to hand combat ensued, with Captain Estill fighting the Wyandotte chief. After the chief stabbed Estill, James Proctor shot the chief. Nine of Estill's men laid dead on the battleground, while Monk, Estill's faithful slave, carried the wounded James Berry from the battlefield.
Estill's force numbered thirty-five men by the time it overtook the Indians shortly before sunset on the twenty-second. Fierce hand to hand combat ensued, with Captain Estill fighting the Wyandotte chief. After the chief stabbed Estill, James Proctor shot the chief. Nine of Estill's men laid dead on the battleground, while Monk, Estill's faithful slave, carried the wounded James Berry from the battlefield.