oconostota and attakullakulla returned to fort prince george in february 1760 to demand the release of the remaining hostages, but richard coytmore (who had replaced lachlan mcintosh as commander of fort prince george's garrison) refused. on february 16, oconostota requested a meeting with coytmore. when coytmore arrived at the meeting outside the fort, he was mortally wounded in an ambush orchestrated by oconostota. the enraged garrison responded by killing the remaining hostages.