Penn's Creek Massacre

Wann

16. Okt. 1755

Art

Massaker

Tote

14

Koordinaten

40.77° N, 77.08° W

Description

massacre in Snyder County, Pennsylvania

Im Gebiet platziert, nicht an einem genauen Ort.

Massacre of Pennsylvania settlers during the French and Indian War

The Penn's Creek massacre was an October 16, 1755, raid by the Lenape (Delaware) on a settlement along Penn's Creek, a tributary of the Susquehanna River in central Pennsylvania. It was the first of a series of deadly raids on Pennsylvania settlements by Native Americans allied with the French in the French and Indian War.

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