In This Great Extremity Our Small Company Of One And Twenty Did Resist 5
Days Against 800 Men, And The
Two foremost dayes against 200 which weare
seaven dayes together without intermission, & the worst was that they had
no watter,
As we saw, ffor they made a hole in the ground out of which they
gott but litle because they weare on a hill. It was to be pitied. There was
not a tree but was shot with buletts. The Iroquoits come with bucklers to
make a breach. The ffrench putt fire to a barill of powder, thinking to
shoake the Iroquoits or make him goe back; but did to their great
prejudice, for it fell againe in their fort, which made an end of their
combat. Uppon this the Ennemy enters, kills and slains all that he finds,
so one did not make an escape, saveing one that was found alive; but he
stayed not long, for in a short time after his fortune was as the rest; for
as he was brought to one of the Forts of the Irokoits, as he was bid to sit
down he finds a Pistolet by him, and takes it at adventure, not knowing
whether it was charged or no. He puts the end to the breast of him that
tyed him, and killd him in the presence of all his camerades; but without
any more adoe he was burnt very cruelly. All the French though dead were
tyed to posts along the River side, and the 4 Algonquins.
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