Raid on Salmon Falls

Raid on Salmon Falls
Part of King William's War
Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville
Date March 27, 1690 Location Salmon Falls (present-day Berwick, Maine) Result Acadian and Wabanaki Confederacy victory
Belligerents
Acadia Abenaki Mi'kmaq Maliseet	New England
Commanders and leaders
Joseph-François Hertel de la Fresnière Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville Chief Wahowa Chief Assacumbuit
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	34 killed, 54 captured

The Raid on Salmon Falls (March 27, 1690) captured and destroyed the English settlement of Salmon Falls (present-day Berwick, Maine) during King William's War. It involved Joseph-François Hertel de la Fresnière, his son Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville[1] and Norridgewock Abnaki chief Wahowa.[2]

Raid

The village was plundered and burnt. Thirty-four men were killed and fifty-four people, mostly women and children, were carried away captive to Canada. Militia mustered from Portsmouth gave chase but were driven off in a skirmish later that day. Hertel then continued to raid present-day Portland, Maine.

The attackers' original intent was to target the home of Edward Tyng, father of Edward Tyng, at Fort Loyal, but changed plans and attacked Salmon Falls.[3]

See also

• Military history of the Mi’kmaq Warriors

References

1. Douville, Raymond (1979) [1969]. "Hertel de Rouville, Jean-Baptiste". In Hayne, David (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. II (1701–1740) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
2. Hodge, Frederick Webb (1907). Handbook of American Indians north of Mexico. University of California Libraries. Washington, Govt. print. off. p. 560 – via The Internet Archive.
3. Coleman, Emma Lewis (2008) [1926]. New England Captives Carried to Canada Between 1677 and 1760 During the French and Indian Wars. Heritage Books. p. 183. ISBN 978-0-7884-4589-7.

• Kingsford, William (1888). The History of Canada. Vol. II (1679-1725). London: Trübner & Company. p. 337.

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