The 23 ditto in the morning I sent spies towards th'e fort to see how it was ; returning said all the folks were leaving the fort of La Prairie to cut corn. -- Then we resolved in what manner we should hinder them to obtain the fort again, and agreed to do so by intercepting them on their way to the fort, but by the eagerness of the young savages such was prevented, because christians as well as savages fell on with a war cry which displeased the officer that they fell on without orders having been given, but they made 19 prisoners and 6 scalps, among which were 4 womenfolk. The first prisoner was examined, asking him, what the firing of yesterday at La Prairie signified! said, the Governor is yesterday gone away with 800 men and the people discharged their muskets at their departure because their scouts had not heard from us. Then we fell upon their cattle, we pierced and shot to death nearly 150 head of oxen and cows, and then we set fire to all their houses and barns which we found in the fields, their hay, and everything else which would take fire. -- Then we christians resolved to fall upon the fort, but could not move the savages to give their consent to help us to attack the fort ; the fort fired alarms when Montroyal and Chambly answered, so that we resolved to depart with the prisoners to Albany. A savage of ours was stabbed to death, whom we burned in a barn, and we went that day 7 Dutch miles on our way back. Then the savages killed 2 french prisoners because they could not travel on account of their wounds. -- A little while after this we sat down to eat and thanked the Governor