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Note.—The settlement attacked, as described by Villieu, was at that time known as Oyster river but later the name has changed to Durham. It is in New Hampshire, about twelve miles from Portsmouth. Villieu's statement of its destruction agrees practically with that given by the New England writers, though the numbers who were killed vary from 80 to 100. The number of houses that were destroyed is usually recorded as 20.

After Moxiis and his band separated from the main body, they made a wide detour and struck a savage blow at Groton, then the centre of the most thickly settled portion of Massachusetts. From that point homeward they avoided the larger settlements but left ghastly records of visits to several small hamlets.

The audacity of this performance and the savage ferocity with which it had been executed terrified the entire country, and the yeomen armed to subdue both French and Indians. But the war went on for many a long day after that went on and on, with some few pauses, until Wolfe met Montcalm at Quebec, and French hopes for the sovereignty of America were crushed. Then Wapanaki hostilities ceased.