 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Mwaka wokurwisa muna 1757 wakanga wakabudirira zvikuru kuvakuru muNew France. VaBritain vakanga vakundikana mukurwisa Louisbourg, uye vakakundwa paFort William Henry navaFrench navaIndia vavaiva navo. Gavhuna weNew France, Marquis de Vaudreuil, akanga aedza kunyengetedza vagari vokuGermany mumupata weRwizi rweMohawk kuti vatsigire chinangwa cheFrance. Apo vaGermany vakakundikana kutsigira vaFrench pakurwiswa kweFort William Henry muna August, Vaudreuil akasarudza kutumira boka rokuranga kwavari. Akarwisa musha wainzi German Flatts, waiva nechokuchamhembe kweRwizi rweMohawk kumadokero kweLittle Falls. Iyi nzanga ndiyo nzvimbo yeHerkimer yazvino uno, New York, uye kwete German Flatts yazvino uno iri kurutivi rwokumaodzanyemba rweRwizi rweMohawk. 