[E.B. O'Callaghan (1849)] the old Fort, which continued for 24 hours when Lieut Col Littlehales, who succeeded to the command upon Lieut Coll Mercers being killed sent out an Officer and Drum with a white Flag, soon after the surrender took place, & the French possession of the Fort, that the Garrison were made prisoners of War & well used, that the vessels which were all in Port, was soon 324 PAPERS RELATING TO OSWEGO. after taken possession of by the French, during the siege was killed Lieut Coll. Mercer apt" Hind of the Train of Artillery and eight or nine private men, and one Engineer wounded, he further says that the Enemy's force was reported to be three thousand Regulars & a great num-ber of Indians, These two accounts tho' not materially different are greatly so from an account sent me from Gen: Willi's Camp An Onandaga Sachem came to them the 25th in the evening with strings of Wampum and declared. That two of their young men that had been sent to Oswego returned to their Castle & reported that Oswego was not taken till six days before, that the enemy had put the whole to the sword, except 150, sailors carpenters & artificers included, That they had demolished the works and evacuated the place, carrying away the shipping Guns ammunition &c, That they had laid the Dead in Banks with their heads in the Water, & scat-tered a great quantity of Provisions about the Place.