Doneyy* but the River thro' which they muft pafs being as 

 deep as their Arm-pits ; however Maj. Church as foon as he 

 was got over ftrip'd to his Shirt and Jacket, leaving his 

 Breeches behind, ran direftly to the Fort, having an eye to 

 fee if young Doney, who ran on the other fide of the River 

 mould get there before him: the Wind now blowing very 

 hard in their Faces as they ran was fome help to them; 

 for feveral of our Men fired Guns, which they in the Fort 

 did not hear; fo that we had taken all in the Fort had it 

 not been for young Doney, who got to the Fort juft before 

 we did, who ran into the South Gate, and out at the [72] 

 North, all the Men following him except one, who all ran 

 directly clown to the great River and Falls. The faid 

 Church and his Forces being come pretty near, he ordered 

 the faid Walton to run directly with fome Forces into the 

 Fort, and himfelf with the relt ran down to the River after 

 the Enemy, who ran fome of them into the River, and the 

 reft under the great Falls; thofe who ran into the River 



B8 The account which Church gives 

 in his letter is this : — 



" And looking over the brow of a hill 

 by the river, efpied two Englifh captiues 

 and an Indian, moving towards the fort : 

 ran after them, and foon took the Eng- 

 lish but the Indian got cleare. Then I 

 feared he would informe the fort : gave 

 order, that all with one confent fliould 

 run throw the river and not mind any 

 other forme : but he that could gett 

 firft to the fort, if they had opportunity, 

 to offer them peace. If they would not 

 accept it to fall on, and by that time 



they were well entred the reft would 

 be come up : alfo I gave order for 2 

 companies to fpread between the woods 

 and the fort to preuent the efcape of the 

 enemie that way — all which was at- 

 tended. We were very wett running 

 throw the riuer, but got up undilcovered 

 to the fort till within ftiott: few In- 

 dians we found there, but two men and 

 a lad of about : 18 : with fome women 

 and children : 5 ran into the riuer, 3 or 

 4 of which were killed. We killed 6 

 or 7, and took eleven." [Drake's Bay- 

 lies, Pt. v : 91, 92.] 



