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persons: were killed, and five were taken prisoners. Amongst 
the slain was one woman and two children; the remainder 
were young nen. The settlement was somposéd of young 
men, who had drawn their donation lots, and had just com- 
menced improvements upon them. They had built a block 
house, and two cabins, a few rods from the house, all of which 
were-occupied. They were in no apprehension of ey 
from paaigiti: as the war had not yet commenced; and they 
visited the settlements in a friendly manner frequently. The 
Indians, it seems, had been watching the settlement nearly 
all day, from the top of a neighbouring hill, and just at dusk 
in the evening, they commenced their attack ; one. party ap- 
proached the blo¢khouse, and at the same time another 
party approached one of the cabins, in a friendly manner. 
It was oceupied by four men of the name of Choat; they en- 
tered it without noise, beckoned to the men to be quiet, or 
they would tomahawk them; confined them with cords, and 
mide them prisoners. By this time the other party had 
reached the blockhouse. ‘The men had just come in from 
work, and were busily occupied in getting their suppers ; 
sir arms were ae carelessly by in the corners of the 1 room ; 
a n’ led the van, pushed open the door, 
d it in that t position, until the other Indians had dis- 
Saree thaierilids upon its astonished inhabitants. No re- 
sistance was made except by the woman, who seizing an axe 
made.a blow at the big Mohawk, which cleaved the flesh, 
from his scull to his shoulder ; but before she could repeat 
the biow, the other Indians rushed in with their tomahawks, 
killed her, and all who survived the first fire. Afier the 
slaughter was over, the Indians proceeded to plundering, and 
under the beds, pile ed up in the corner of the room, they 
a boy 14 or 15 years of age; him they saved alive, 
with oe other prisoners “to Detroit. The othe 
decupied by two men by the name of Ballard, w 
the fring at the blockhouse, rushed out, and mate 
cape just as the Indians were approaching, which t 
covered by the cracking of the brush, as they were con ming 
4 in the dark. These two men reached the settlement at 
olf creek that night; by this mead notice, they were ena- 
= to be in readiness for the Indians, who arrived early the 
morning, but finding the settlers prepeted to meet them, 
they retire ‘without making any atte ye Had it not been 
‘for the fortunate escape of the two Ballards, this settlement 
