The Fort in the Wilderness by Edward Stratemeyer

For six hours the attack upon Fort Detroit continued with unabated fury. From every side arose blood-curdling war cries, and these were returned by the old-time hunters and trappers inside the stronghold. Time and again it looked as if the red men would do their best to storm the palisade, and the guard was urged to be on the alert against every new move the enemy made.

At last the Indians saw that further firing upon the fort would be useless, and one after another the various chiefs and their warriors withdrew. Inside the fort five men had been wounded, and the red enemy had suffered perhaps a slightly greater loss.