[...]so near the stockade as to make the assault of the second, led by himself, doubly sure of success. The plan was a good one, without doubt, and man was better qualified than Francis to carry it out. When the storming party came, the people in the fort were ready for it. Counting out the women and children, their numbers were t large, but they were a brave and determined set of men and boys, who knew very well in what kind of a struggle they were engaged. They reserved their fire until the Indians were within thirty yards of the fort, and then delivered it as rapidly as they could, taking care to waste ne of it[...].