For a few terrifying minutes the air was filled with the sound of gunshots, war-whoops and the screams of the dying.  It was over quickly.  Within plain sight of Fort Laurens, but beyond musket range, 19 members of a work party were ambushed and overwhelmed by Indians and British.  Seventeen were killed outright, their scalped … Continue reading Ambushed! Victim’s Bones at Fort Laurens