* A Stockaded Work round the church, and a block-house, with a ditch, and a parapet pallisadoed, thrown up by Sir William Johnson a year ago, upon an alarm then given, t They never sent this intelligence to Sir William.
PAPERS RELATING TO THE ONEIDA COUNTRY AND MOHAWK VALLEY.
there heard this, he came on to us with the account that night ; and as soon as we received it we sent
a belt of Wampum to confirm the truth thereof, to the Flats, which came here the day before the Enemy made their attack ; but the people would not give credit to the account even then, or they
might have saved their lives.*
This is the truth, and those Germans here present know it to be so.'
The aforesaid Germans did acknowledge it to be so ; and that they had such intelligence. George Croshan.
EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM ALBANY, DATED THE 13 th INSTANT, BEINO A RELATION OF THE MURDER COMMITTED AT THE GERMAN FLATTS, NEAR FORT HERCHAMER, BY 80 INDIANS AND 4 FRENCHMEN. [
N. Y, Mercury, May 22, 1758. ]
About 12 o'Clock, on Monday the 30th of April last an Oneida Indian acquainted Captain Herchamer that a Party of 80 Indians and four Frenchmen, were nigh his fort, and would certainly come down and attack the settlements that Day, and advised Capt Harchamer to go into the Fort and take as many of the Inhabitants with him, as he could collect. About 3 o'Clock, most Part of the Inhabitants,