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As the colonists passed the spot where Dieskau was sitting on the ground , one of them , singularly enough himself a Frenchman , who had ten years before left Canada , fired at him and shot him through both legs . Others came up and stripped him of his clothes , but , on learning who he was , they carried him to Johnson , who received him with the greatest kindness , and had every attention paid to him . Chapter 11 : Scouting . It was near five o'clock before the final rout of the French took place ; but , before that time , several hundreds of the Canadians and Indians had left the scene of action , and had returned to the scene of the fight in the wood , to plunder and scalp the dead . They were resting , after their bloody work , by a pool in the forest , when a scouting party from Fort Lyman , under Captains M'Ginnis and Folsom , came upon them and opened fire . The Canadians and Indians , outnumbering their assailants greatly , fought for some time , but were finally defeated and fled . M'Ginnis was mortally wounded , but continued to give orders till the fight was over .