The fight was furious for a few minutes.
Ethan and his brother, Ira, were in the thick of the struggle all the time, while Seth Warner seemed a very Trojan in valor.
Both sides fought well, and had the contest been a short one it would have been impossible to say which would have been the victor, but it was prolonged, and the mountaineers had the physical stamina which the men of the valleys lacked, and the longer the fight lasted the greater was the victory of the brave followers of Ethan Allen.
Edwards was taken prisoner, and on the understanding that he would reveal all he knew of the plot against the men of the grants, Allen allowed all the others to go free.
Two Yorkers were killed, while Allen's ranks had lost only one, and he only wounded, though severely.
In triumph the boys returned to the green hills of Vermont, and were received with many congratulations.
CHAPTER VIII.
THE CONVENTION.
Edwards was brought to trial on the charge of leading an armed invasion of New Hampshire.