23^ NATURAL AND CIVIL 



rnation diverted their attention from their Hrst. 

 object, and turned it towards ■. Rayalton. At- 

 that place there had been a small fort and gar- 

 ri^n, both of which had been a little ^vhile be- 

 fore, removed to Bethel^ seven or eight miles 

 further to the west. , . 5^ 



The enemy went on till they came, to a stream 

 which emptied itself intq White river. Follow-; 

 ing the. course of this strean}^ the j advanced till 

 they c^me near to. some of the new settlements, 

 where they^ rnade a halt :; and ssent out reconr 

 iioitering parties, who reported that all w^is quiet 

 among thq, inhabitants. At this place they left 

 a strong guard, and proceeded down the ;stream ; 

 on October the sixteenth, about break of day, 

 they came to a house in Tunbridge, which they 

 destroyed, and took three prisoners. Following 

 the stream, th.ey entered Royalton, and passed 

 down to White river, where the most consider- 

 able settlements had been made, killed two per- 

 sons and took a number of prisoners. From 

 thence a party went down White river about a 

 mile, into Sharon, burned two houses and barns, 

 did much damage, and took two prisoners. The 

 party returning from Sharon, the whole body, 

 went up White river about three miles, till they, 

 arrived at the mouth of another stream which 

 emptied itself into that river. Seeing a num- 

 ber of men on the opposite side of the stream, 

 and being within three miles of the fort, they 

 did not venture to cross the stream, but retreat- 

 ed to the place where they had made the first 

 attack in the morning. At this place they ar- 

 rived about two o'clock, with the prisoners they 

 had taken, and the property they had plundered. 



