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by the scalps, and plunder, taken from the 

 En^gjlish. Two hundred guineas were found in 

 money, and a silver image weighing ten pounds ; 

 besides a large quantity of wampum, cloathing, 

 and some provisions.* Collecting the provi- 

 •sions, and such articles as they could easily 

 transport, they set fire to the town, and reduced 

 it to ashes. At seven o'clock in the morning 

 the affair Vv'as eompleatly over ; Rogers then 

 assembled his men, found that one was killed, 

 and six slightly wounded. Having refreshed 

 his men for one hour, the mr.jor made no further 

 delay ; but set out o^ his return, with the addi- 

 tion of five English captives whom he had re- 

 taken ; leaving the inhabitants slain, and the 

 villao'e reduced to ashes.f 



To avoid his pursuers, Rogers now took a 

 different route, and marched up St. Francois 

 river ; meaning to have his men collect, and 

 rendezvous at Coos, on Connecticut river. On 

 their march they were harrassed by some of the 

 enemy, and several tim.es attacked in the rear. 

 In these rencounters they lost seven of their 

 men, till Rogers, favoiTd by the dusk of the 

 evening formed an ambuscade upon his own 

 track, and fell upon the enemy where they least 

 expected it ; b}- this stroke, he put an end to 

 any further annoyance from the enemy. For a- 

 bout ten days the detachment kept together, tiU 

 they had passed the eastern side of lake Memi- 

 phremagog. it was then thought best to scat- 

 ter into smaller parlies, and make the best of 

 their way to some of the English settlcments« 



* Belknap's Hist. New HauJf siirc, Vok 5h p. ^04. 

 J Sioies. ibiU. 



