Royalton raid | |||||||
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Part of the American Revolutionary War | |||||||
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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]