The wounded were indiscriminately massacred.

This company consisted of choice young men, "the very flower of Essex County, none of whom were ashamed to speak with the enemy in the gate." Eighteen were citizens of Deerfield.
Captain Moseley arrived at the conclusion of the fight, just as the Indians began stripping and mutilating the dead.

He charged the Indians, cutting his way through with his company again and again, until he drove them from the field.
The Indians near Springfield, supposed to be friendly, on the 4th of October became allies of King Philip, whose cause seemed likely to prevail.

They planned to get possession of the fort, but were betrayed by an Indian at Windsor, and when the savages came they found the garrison ready to resist them.

The savages burned thirty-two houses and barns, and the beleaguered people were in great distress.
King Philip next aimed a blow at the three towns Hadley, Hatfield and Northampton at once.