The Tuscarora Heroes Story-- Part 1: A Murderous Rampage

From Wikipedia.

In the early morning hours of December 19, 1813, the citizens of Lewiston, New York awoke to unimaginable horrors.   The small frontier village, situated on the Niagara River on the border of the United States and Canada, suddenly found itself on the front lines of war.

Hours earlier, under cover of night, British-Canadian troops had invaded the United States and captured American Fort Niagara without firing a shot.  Then they and their Indian allies  ran down River Road toward unsuspecting Lewiston, armed with torches, guns and tomahawks, intent on retribution and to turning Lewiston into a pile of ashes.

Poorly defended, the citizens of Lewiston were on their own.  They could only run for their lives through the snow and mud in hopes of escaping the impending atrocities.  Civilians were murdered in the rampage.

--Brock-Perry