Why I cannot tell, for the Marquis was truly horrified at what was going on.

Perhaps he thought the steps he had taken were sufficient, or that the rage of the Indians was appeased; but be that as it might, when we marched out towards Fort Edward, we had no efficient protection, and the Indians were all round us, snatching at caps and coats, and forcing the soldiers to give them rum from their canteens, every drop of which seemed to add fuel to the fire." "And you had no escort ?" "None of any efficacy.

Monro, our gallant Colonel, went back to the French camp to protest and petition; but while he was gone the spark kindled.
"It was the Anenaki chief who first raised the war whoop, and the effect was instantaneous.

They sprang upon us like fiends.

They seized the shrieking women and children and bore them off to the woods, killing and scalping them as they ran.