On December 19, 1854, just north of Georgetown above Cherokee Bar on Ruck-a-Chuky, the Sydney Ducky Gang attacked three miners after a violent rampage in which the gang, made up of five Australians, four Mexicans, two Britons, two Americans, and a Frenchman, had murdered six Chinese miners on December 17 and four American miners near Foresthill on December 18. In the gang's initial ambush at Ruck-a-Chuky, James McDonald was killed instantly, and Dr. Bolivar Sparks fired two shots before being cut down, leaving Jonathan Davis alone against fourteen outlaws. A decorated veteran of the Mexican American War, Davis drew his two revolvers and killed seven of the attackers before his guns were empty. When the gang's leader charged with a cavalry sword, Davis drew his Bowie knife, killed three more outlaws, and cut off the leader's nose and index finger. Three fellow miners, John Webster, Issac Hart, and P.S. Robertson, who had witnessed the attack, then came within range to help him. The four remaining outlaws fled, their leader died a quarter mile away, and the other three were captured the next day. Davis, though his hat had six holes and his shirt eleven, suffered only two minor flesh wounds, and he later lived to age 75 and died in California.