Colonel Joseph Frye's Death At Fort Edward

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Hundreds killed after the surrender of Fort William Henry. Last week, I set forth to interview Massachusetts Colonel Joseph Frye at Fort Edward. It was with great difficulty that I acquired this interview with Colonel Frye for he was greatly affected by the horrors that occurred at Fort William Henry. The following is Frye’s account of the aftermath of their surrender: “After our surrender, our garrison and I were evacuated from the fort to the French’s entrenched camp. No sooner had we marched out of the fort than the savages swarm inside it. They pounced on the wounded and the sick that were left behind and butchered them alive. The strength of their bloodlust was frightening. The very next morning before our troops even began to form up

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