Royalton raid

Royalton raid
Part of the American Revolutionary War
DateOctober 16, 1780
Location
Result British victory
Belligerents
 Great Britain
Mohawks
Vermont Republic
Commanders and leaders
Lieutenant Richard Houghton
Strength
6 members of the 53rd Regiment of Foot
1 grenadier
300 Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk Indians) warriors from Kahnawà:ke, Quebec
At Randolph: 300 members of the Republic of Vermont militia
Casualties and losses
None 4 killed
26 prisoners

The Royalton raid was a British-led Indian raid in 1780 against various towns along the White River Valley in the Vermont Republic, and was part of the American Revolutionary War. It was the last major Indian raid in New England.[1]

  1. ^ The Burning of the Valleys, Gavin K. Watt, Dundurn Press 1997