They had dug up and scalped the corpses in the graveyard of Fort William Henry.

Many of these had died of smallpox, and the savages took the infection home to their villages, where great numbers perished of the disease.
As soon as their Indian allies had left, the French soldiers were set to work demolishing the English fort, and the operation was completed by the destruction, by fire, of the remains.

The army then returned to Crown Point.
In view of the gross breach of the articles of capitulation by the French, the English government refused also to be bound by it, and the French prisoners in their hands were accordingly retained.
Colonel Monro himself was one of those who survived.

He had made his way through the savages back to the fort, to demand that the protection of the French troops should be given to the soldiers, and so escaped the massacre.
Upon his arrival at Albany, James reported, to the officer in command there, the reason which had induced him to quit the fort with his company.

These reasons were approved of, but the officer advised James to send in a written report to General Webb, and to march at once to Fort Edward, and place himself under that officer's directions.
When he reached the fort, the fugitives were coming in from the woods.
James at once reported himself to the general, and handed in his written statement.