The bodies of seventeen Indians who had fallen in the water attack were found and were consigned to the waves.

Others, with their French allies, had gone down on the side of the forest, but most of the fallen had been taken away by their comrades.
It was a victory for Colden and his men, but it left serious alarm for the future.

St.Luc was still in the forest, and he might attack again in yet greater force.

Besides, they would have to guard against many a cunning and dangerous device from that master of forest warfare.
Colden called a council, at which Willet and Black Rifle were central figures, and they agreed that there was nothing to be done but to strengthen their log outworks and to practice eternal vigilance.

Then they began to toil anew on the breastworks, strengthening them with fresh timber, of which, fortunately, they had a vast supply, as so much had been cut to be turned into boats.