 The exact circumstances of Jumonville's death are disputed.Contrecœur claimed that Jumonville and most of the other wounded French were massacred in cold blood by British musket fire after having surrendered; Washington claimed in his account that Jumonville was killed, but did not give any details.Other accounts claimed that Tanacharison tomahawked Jumonville while he (Jumonville) was reading the summons.