In the early morning hours of October 16, 1780, Lieutenant Houghton of the British Army's 53rd Regiment of Foot and a single Grenadier, along with 300 Mohawk warriors from the Kahnawake Reserve in the British province of Quebec, attacked and burned the towns of Royalton, Sharon and Tunbridge along the White River in eastern Vermont.The British Army in North America 1775–1783, Robin May and Gerry Embleton, Osprey Men-at-Arms Series # 39 1997 This raid was launched in conjunction with other raids led by Major Christopher Carleton of the 29th Regiment of Foot along the shores of Lake Champlain and Lake George and Sir John Johnson of the King's Royal Regiment of New York in the Mohawk River valley. Four Vermont settlers were killed and twenty six were taken prisoner to Quebec.The Indian Captive; Or, A Narrative of the Captivity and Sufferings of Zadock Steele, https://books.google.com/books?id=mhwTAAAAYAAJ&dq=Zadock+Steele&pg=PA41
