What the records say
- When
- 2 Jan 1791
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 39.53° N, 81.77° W
- Description
- battle
Big Bottom massacre
1791 mass killing in Ohio
The Big Bottom massacre was a mass killing perpetrated by Lenape and Wyandot warriors against American settlers on January 2, 1791. The massacre occurred near present-day Stockport, Ohio. It is considered part of the Northwest Indian Wars, in which native Americans in the Ohio Country clashed with American settlers, seeking to expel them from their territory.
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