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Letter from James Moore
Moore, James, d. 1771
March 27, 1713
Volume 02, Page 27

[From Calendar of Virginia State Papers. Vol. 1. P. 165.]

27 March 1713
Sr

Ye 20th of this instant I attack No-ho-ro-co fort, on C * * * * Creek & ye 23d In ye morning took itt, with ye Loss of 22 Whit men & 24 more wond'd—35 Indians Kill'd & 58 wond'ed—Most of ye Damage wee Reced after wee had Gott ye fort to ye Ground, which we Did in ye first 3 hours—I have Little else to advise yr Honrs but that ye Qut of ye Ememies Destroyed is as follows—Prissoners 392, Scolps 192, out of ye sd: fort—& att Least 200 Kill'd & Burnt In ye fort—& 166 Kill'd & taken out of ye fort on ye Scout, which is all; but My Servis to Capt: Jones, from your Honre obdt Servt

JA: MOORE