goss darted inside, but hays slipped and fell before he could enter the blockhouse. as he fell, three musket balls lodged themselves into the wall where he had been standing moments before. while the attackers reloaded, hays slipped inside and for about an hour an exchange of heavy gunfire erupted between the parties before the attackers withdrew. a fourth man, upton, was out hunting nearby; when he was discovered by the attackers he was chased throughout the afternoon. upton escaped the attackers injury-free. in fact, no person was killed or injured during the plum river raid. the small raiding party escaped with three horses, but two horses were badly wounded by gunfire, and the other shot dead by the settlement's defenders.