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war dance, and prepared to go out the next day 

 upon some v/arlike expedition. Entering the 

 mohawk castle, a warm conflict ensued, in which 

 the French lost thirty of their men ; but they 

 carried the Indian fortress, and captured nearly 

 three hundred of the Mohawks, but mostly wo- 

 men and children. 



The misfortunes of the Mohawks were no 

 sooner known at Albany, than Schuyler put 

 himself at the head of two hundred volunteers, 

 and marched in pursuit of the enemy. On the 

 fifteenth of February he was joined by three 

 hundred Indians, ill armed, and many of them 

 boys. With this force he fell in with the ene- 

 my, who had made some attempts to fortify 

 their camp. Having still the advantage in the 

 number and discipline of their troops, the ene- 

 my made three successive sallies upon Schuyler, 

 but in every one met with a repulse ; and 

 Schuyler firmly maintained his ground, every 

 moment expecting a reinforcement and provi- 

 sibns from Albany. Fearful of that event, the 

 French on the eighteenth, embraced the oppor- 

 tunity of a heavy snow storm, and marched off 

 for Canada. The next day eighty regular troops 

 arrived, with provisions from Albany. Schuy- 

 ler resumed the pursuit, and it was by means of 

 a floating cake of ice, that the French army were 

 able to escape over the north branch of Hud- 

 son's river. But so pressed were they by 

 Schuyler's pursuit, that they suffered most of 

 their prisoners to escape. In these engage- 

 ments Schuyler lost eight of his men, and four- 

 teen wounded ; the loss of the French was 

 eiglity killed and thirty wounded. Both parties 



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