de Lery considering that he could not extinguish it without incurring the risk of having the people blown up who should be employed there, gave orders to retire as quick as possible. There was fire communicated to the powder which blew up at three points. The explosion was so violent that a soldier of Guyenne and an Iroquois of the Sault were wounded by the debris of the fort though they were already at a distance. The Indian especially is in danger of losing his life by the wound. 2 A detachment was, however, sent to look after the baggage that remained on the road and shortly This caused him after an Indian came to notify M de Lery that the English were making a sortie.

hardly time to do this when the

to rally his forces and placing himself on the bank of the creek he had the

"Except five persons they put every soul they found to the sword."

bombs, grenades, bullets

A faithful Narrative of the dangers, sufferings and

deliverances of Robert Eastburn, and his captivity among the Indians of North America.

Annual Reg. Vol. I. Anno, 1758.

This

Eastburn was taken prisoner by the French on this occasion and removed to a town called " Oswegotchy." 2 He was scarcely four arpens off when the fire communicating to the rest of the powder blew up the fort. The buildings were carried away and whatever remained was in an instant in a blaze. The shock was so violent and the commotion so great, that his troop, seized with terror, fell on their knees. Mem. Sur les aff. du Canada.