There is no further written reference to Kanestio for 72 years. In 1762 two Dutch traders, British subjects, were killed by "a brace of outlaws from the Castle," described in another source as "the Indians from Kanestio". Kanestio was then described as "the largest town", but also according to the same source, it was "a village of lawless stragglers". The English governor Sir William Johnson, in response, sent a party of "Indians" and Brittish troops in 1764, under the command of Andrew Montour. At Kanestio they "burned 60 good houses, a vast amount of corn, agricultural implements and saddles." The settlement at Kanestio Castle was eliminated.