British-Indian military raid during the American War of Independence
Royalton raid
Part of the American Revolutionary War
Date
October 16, 1780
Location
Vermont Republic
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
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Northern frontier after 1777
Cobleskill
Wyoming Valley
Big Runaway
German Flatts
Unadilla and Onaquaga
Carleton's Raid
Cherry Valley
Minisink
Sullivan Expedition
Newtown
Boyd and Parker
Royalton Raid
Klock's Field
Johnstown
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]
^The Burning of the Valleys, Gavin K. Watt, Dundurn Press 1997
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Vermont Republic