came to his aid, the
house was taken, and all in it were put to the sword.

Naught was now to be seen, save massacre and pillage on every side,
while the most shocking barbarities were practised on the unfortunate
inhabitants.

"Sixty-three houses and the church were immediately in a blaze," says a
contemporaneous writer. Weak women, in their expiring agonies, saw their
infants cast into the flames, or brained before their eyes. Sixty-three
persons were murdered and twenty-seven carried into captivity.

A few persons were enabled to escape; but, being without sufficient
clothing, some perished in the cold before they reached Albany.

About noon next day, the enemy left the desolate place, taking such
plunder as they could carry with them and destroying the remainder. It
was the intention of Maulet to spare the minister, for he wanted him as
his own prisoner; but he was found among the mangled dead, and his
papers burned. Two or three houses were spared, while the others were
consigned to the flames.

[Illustration: Naught was to be seen, save massacre and pillage on every
side.]

Owing to the wretched condition of the roads and the deep snows, news of
the massacre did not reach the great Mohawk castle, only seventeen miles
distant, for two days. On receipt of the terrible news, an armed party
set out at once in pursuit of the foe. After a long tedious march
through the snow and forest, they came upon their rear, and a furious
fight followed, in which about twenty-five of them were killed and
wounded.

A second party of French and Indians was sent against the delightful
settlement of Salmon Falls, on the Piscataqua. At Three Rivers,
Frontenac had fitted out an expedition of fifty-two men and twenty-five
Indians, with Sieur Hertel as their leader. In this small band he had
three sons and two nephews. After a long and rugged march, Hertel
reached the place on the 27th of March, 1690. His spies having
reconnoitred it, he divided his men into three companies, leading the
largest himself. Just at dawn of day the attack was made. The English
stoutly resisted, but were unable to withstand the well-directed fire of
their assailants. Thirty of the bravest defenders fell. The remainder,
amounting to fifty-four, were made prisoners. The English had
twenty-seven houses reduced to ashes, and two thousand domestic animals
perished in the barns that were burned.

The third party, which was fitted out at Quebec by the directi