Fort Massachusetts (Massachusetts)

The twenty-nine captives were taken to Quebec to be later exchanged as prisoners of war; only fourteen, ten men and four children, lived to be traded back to the British colonies a year later.

The first term was not heeded, but in Norton's account they weren't treated with cruelty and Indian troops carried those who were too sick or wounded to walk.

Under the charter for the nearby new township of West Hoosac (now known as Williamstown, Massachusetts), soldiers and officers had the option to take a 190-acre package of land in lieu of back-pay.

Fort Massachusetts was re-fortified at the outbreak of the French and Indian War in 1754, where it served as an important staging point for troops passing through the area.

The reconstructed chimney and a rock with a commemorative plaque remain on the site, in what is now the parking lot of the former North Adams Price Chopper.

The remains of Fort Massachusetts