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he was hacked to pieces, and his house burned. 

 Some, more agile or more fortunate than the rest, 

 escaped at the eastern gate, and fled through 

 the storm to seek shelter at Albany or at houses 

 along the way. Sixty persons were killed out- 

 right, of whom thirty-eight were men and boys, 

 ten were women, and twelve were children. 1 

 The number captured appears to have been be- 

 tween eighty and ninety. The thirty Mohawks 

 in the town were treated with studied kindness 

 by the victors, who declared that they had no 

 quarrel with them, but only with the Dutch 

 and English. 



The massacre and pillage continued two hours ; 

 then the prisoners were secured, sentinels posted, 

 and the men told to rest and refresh themselves. 

 In the morning, a small party crossed the river to 

 the house of Glen, which stood on a rising ground 

 half a mile distant. It was loopholed and palisaded ; 

 and Glen had mustered his servants and tenants, 

 closed his gates, and prepared to defend himself. 

 The French told him to fear nothing, for they had 

 orders not to hurt a chicken of his ; whereupon, 

 after requiring them to lay down their arms, he 

 allowed them to enter. They urged him to go 

 with them to the village, and he complied ; they on 

 their part leaving one of their number as a hostage 

 in the hands of his followers. Iberville appeared 

 at the gate with the Great Mohawk, and, drawing 

 his commission from the breast of his coat, told 



1 List of y e . People Mid and destroyed by y e . French of Canida and there 

 Indians at Skinnechtady, in Doc. Hist. N. Y., I. 304. 



