brackett said something like, well, i know my captain is not -- coward enough to have that make any difference. the words were hardly out of his mouth when pete said, now, wait a minute, boys, let's put our weapons down for a few minutes and talk brockett later said, i knew what meant we were surrendering. i swore like a pirate. it didn't do any good. so they collected their weapons, they collected their prisoners and went back to prairie city. that day, negotiated surrender terms and prisoner exchange because pete told john brown that he could he could get paid and he get his boys back in the in exchange for pete and brockett, brown said, of course, i my sons back. yes, but they didn't stay in preference because it was too too exposed. oh, by theay, john brown kept henry clay piece boy knife with him that took from him at black jack after they left prairie city went about eight and a half miles southwest down the middle creek to land at john brown's friend tony jones owned the battle took place on the 2nd of june and on the 5th of june, a troop of dragoons came down from fort leavenworth unde