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A half-century of conflict. France and England in North America. Part ...

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;1746.] CAPITULATION. 249over it. The Indians <strong>and</strong> Canadians were excludedon which some <strong>of</strong> the Indians pulled out several <strong>of</strong>the stones that formed the foundation <strong>of</strong> the wall,crawled through, opened the gate, <strong>and</strong> let <strong>in</strong> thewhole crew. They raised a yell when they saw theblood <strong>of</strong> Thomas Knowlton trickl<strong>in</strong>gfrom the watchtowerwhere he had been shot, then rushed up towhere the corpse lay, brought it down, scalped it,<strong>and</strong> cut <strong>of</strong>f the head <strong>and</strong> arms. The fort was thenplundered, set on fire, <strong>and</strong> burned to the ground.The prisoners were led to the French camp; <strong>and</strong>here the chapla<strong>in</strong> was presently accosted by oneDoty, Rigaud's <strong>in</strong>terpreter, who begged him to persuadesome <strong>of</strong> the prisoners to go with the Indians.Norton replied that it had been agreed that theyshould all rema<strong>in</strong> with the French ; <strong>and</strong> that to giveup any <strong>of</strong> them to the Indians would be a breach <strong>of</strong>the capitulation. Doty then appealed to the menthemselves, who all <strong>in</strong>sisted on be<strong>in</strong>g left with theFrench, accord<strong>in</strong>g to the terms stipulated.Some <strong>of</strong>them, however, were given to the Indians, who, afterRigaud's promise to them, could have been pacified<strong>in</strong> no other way. His fault was <strong>in</strong> mak<strong>in</strong>g a stipulationthat he could not keep. Hawks <strong>and</strong> Norton,with all the women <strong>and</strong> children, rema<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> theFrench camp.Hear<strong>in</strong>g that men were expected from Deerfield totake the places <strong>of</strong> the sick, Rigaud sent sixty Indiansto cut them <strong>of</strong>f. They lay <strong>in</strong> wait for the Englishre<strong>in</strong>forcement, which consisted <strong>of</strong> n<strong>in</strong>eteen men, gave

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