Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1858-02-06

llic man uOt lnlO Iilc run WIN Only n Dlllc |
wound, Tie Enemy being then discovered arose
from all their Adjustments & attacked Us on
all sides The wind being very high e. every
thing exceeding dry, they set fires to all ye old
Fences, they also set fire TO Log house about
40 Rods distance from ye Fort to We windward,
so vt in few minutes we were entirely sur
rounded with Fire, all which was performed
with ye most hidcOus shouting e. firing from all
quarters, which they continued in a very terri
ole manor until ys next day at 10 Of the clock
at night, wthought lntermission, in which term
of time we had no opportunity either to Eat or
Sleep, but notwithstanding all thtr shouting or
ihrcatenngs our men seomd TO be not in tic
least iaunted, but fought with great Resolution,
which undoubtedly gave the Enemy Reason 10
think we had determined TO stand it out to the
last degree, & although they had provided them
selves with sort of fertilization which they had
determined to push before them, & so bring fuel
to the side uf the fort in order 10 burn il down,
but instead Of performing Of what they threaten
ed & seemed to be Immediately going to under
take they Called to us & desired Cessation Of
arms until sunrise ye next morning which wos
granted at which time they I'd they would come
to a parlcy, Accordingly the French Gena Deb
clua came with about so or 60 Of his men with
Flag of truce & stuck it Down within about
30 Rods Of the Fort in plain sight of the same,
q sd if We wouli send men. to him he would
send as many 10 rs To which ", Complied, We
Gene sent in French Lieut.. with a French
soldier and an Indian, upon our Mems going to
yc Majr He made the following proposal ('z)
If we would Immediately resign up the Fort we
should have our lives y have Liberty TO put on
all tnc Coaths we had & also take sufficient
fqulntily of provision to carry us to Montieal &
bind up our Provisions & Blankets, lay down
Our arms an march out Of the Fort, & that we
Should he assured of using our ClOaths Pro
vision for our own Comfort; upon our mems re-
turning hc desired we Capt would meet him
half way & give an answer 10 the above propo-
sal. & upon meeting yc Majr he did not wait to
! have me give an answer but went on in the fol-
lowing manner, (viz) what he had promised he
was ready To perform but upon our refusal he
would Immediately set the Fort on fire, or run
over the top. for he had 700 men with him q if
we made any further resistance should hap
pen TO Kill one Indian we might Expect all to
! be put TO the sword, the Fort sd he, I'm resolved
to have or die, Now doe what you plea-e for |
am as easy 10 have you hg; as give 1t up ]
told the Gene Vt in Case OF Extremity his pro-
posals would doe, but in as much as was sent
here by my Mastr ye gr Genl to Defend this
Fort it would not be Consisted with my Orders
to give it up unless was better satisfied he was
able TO perform what he threatened, further
told him VI it was but poor Encouragement TO
resign into the hands of an Enemy Vt upon one
OF them being killed they would put all to the
sword when It was very probable we had killed
some Of theirs already, well says he, 20 into the
Fort and see whether your Men dare fight any
more or not s. give me an answer quick, for my
men want to be fighting whereupon came in
TO the fort and Calld the men altogether in
furmd them what the Gene sd & then put II 10
vote which they Choose, either to fight or re-
sign, & they voted to a man to stand i, out, and
also declared they would fight as long as they
had life, rather than goc with them; upon this
rcturnd The answer VI We determind to hight II
out; upon winch they gave a shout & so contin-
urd nri"E - shouting al 4~ iitLt ueAt morning
i. being now about noon but they never had the
courage to bring their fertilization, nor run ovei
the fort, but in Lieu iheFesf they spend the
night in shooting their fry arrows which was ca
silly put out, the next morning at daylight they
Calld to us & sd good mornng, & desired a Ces
sation of arms for two hours. at which time the
sd they would come 10 paIfy, & perhaps make
peace with You, there desire was granted s
yu accordingly came with flag of Truce as be-
fore, but the proposals vt they were now about
to make was so far different from the former VI
the Genl did not care to mike it himself but
sent Indians, who came within about rods o.
the Fort < stuck down thci; nagg & desired
would send out men to ihcm which accord
lngly did, upon the mems Coming 10 them they
made the following proposals, Vt in Case We
would sell them provisions they would engage
to 90 and Rave Us & hot fight any more, & ther
desired the men TO go into the Fort, desirt
|, the Capt to send an answer; whereupon | sem
out the following answer (viz) as TO selling then
provision for money, was Contrary to the law o
the nation, but if yu would send in prisoner
for Every five Bushels Of Corn | would suppl,
them upon the Indians returning the answe
10 ye Genl or 8 Guns were Immediately free
against the Fort & then withdrew We suppos
ed for We heard no more of them, 1t being nov
ye 10th of April o'clock in We afternoon, in al
this ol time we bad Scarcely opportunity tc
: Eat or Sioep, ye Cessation of Arms gave us NJ
great natter of rest, for we suspected they die
4 1t to get an advantage against us, believe mel
was never known to hold out with better Reso
luton for they did not seem TO desire TO Set o
/ Lie still one minute, for those Vt were not EN-
ployed in firing at the Enemy were Employe,
in digging trenches under the bottom Of tn
Fort, we dugg no less than eleven Of them s.
deep VI man could 20 8, stand upright on tn
outside Of the Fort g. not Enisnger himself, S
that when these Trenches were finished "
could wet all the out side of the Fort, which W
4 did a. kept them wet all night, we drew som
- vi bdrltlS OF water q 10 uHueTuO a
e this hard service, there was but 80 men, & th
= - there was some / l0G0s of Guns shot at us we ha
but men slightly wounded (yiz) Jno Brown
Jos. Ely. vt by the above account you may forr
:, some idea Of the dstressd circumstances W
y were under, to have such an army of Starve
= creatures round u.s. whose necessity obliged ther
). to be the more earnest, they seem'd Every mir
A ute as tho they we're agong to swallow us by IL;
n ing all the threatening Language they could po
/ slbly invent, with shouting and firing as if th
:, Heavens earth was coming together, but no
u withstanding all this our Courage held out 10 tn
!. last; we were informed by the French Lieu
vt came into the Fort, vt our Captves were II
: moved from Quebeck to MonlReal, which the
> say are 300 in number by reason of sickness
! Qucbeck & vt they are all well & in good h ALT
y, except 8, which were left sick at Quebeck &
4 they had but 3 Captives died. which they
y y were Dutchmen they also nformd that Mr.. in
> Morton had Liberty TO preach to the Captive
% they also informed us VI they had some 1000
French & Indians out & coming out against OIL
! Frontiers.
10 the above is from Your Honours most hun
ble servt PHINEAS STEVENS.
y A true Copy, pr. THos. WILLIAMS
r. To Colo WIN, WILLIAMS.