HISTORY OF VERMONT, 431 



dance and retired to rest. Rogers ivaitcd till 

 thuy were asleep, and at break of dry, lie posted 

 his men in the most favorable situation and made 

 a general assault.* Compleatly surprized, the 

 Indians were soon subdued. Some were 

 killed in their houses, and of those who attemp- 

 ted to fly, many were shot, or knocked on the 

 head by those who were placed at the avenues. 

 The Indian method of slaughter and destruction 

 was put in practice on this occasion ; and wher- 

 ever the Jnditms were found, their men, women 

 and children, were slain without distiiiction and 

 without mercy. The ferocity of the proceeds- 

 ings were already extremely violent, but the 

 prospects which appeared at the rising of the 

 sun, could not but add new force and irritation 

 to the feelings and passions of the assailants. 

 As the lip;ht appeared, the scalps of several hun- 

 dred of their countrymen were seen, suspended 

 on poles, and waving in the air. These trophies 

 of savasre crueltv and success could not fail ta 

 irritate to the highest degree, the passions of the 

 provincial soldiers ; they meant to avenge the 

 blood of their friends and relations, and they 

 spared no pains to make an end of the village, 

 and of all that they could find of its inhabitants. 

 The village contained three hundred of the ene- 

 my ; two hundred were killed on the spot, and 

 twenty taken prisoners. 



The town appeared to have been in a very 

 flourishing state. The houses were well fur- 

 nished, and the church was handsomely adorned 

 ^iih plate ; the whole village had been enriched 



* Snugs' Dictt<«!U7, i*iJ, 



