ABSTRACT
Saturday afternoon the English took down the masts of their pinnaces and boats; on observing which the general summoned a council to determine what to do, of which council deponent knows nothing except that he heard that in view of the enemy's very great strength and since the general had only 80 effectives and could not defend the fort because it was weak, made of timbers, and since if these men died the Indians would kill the women and children, the general [was of the opinion that the garrison should withdraw] and so they retired to where the women were.
