Massacre

Draper's Meadow massacre

30 Jul 1755 · 37.38° N, 80.72° W

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When
30 Jul 1755
Kind
Massacre
Deaths
4
Coordinates
37.38° N, 80.72° W
Description
1755 attack by Shawnee warriors on a Virginia pioneer settlement

Draper's Meadow massacre

1755 attack by Shawnee warriors on a Virginia pioneer settlement

The Draper's Meadow Massacre was an attack in July 1755, when the Draper's Meadow settlement in southwest Virginia, at the site of present-day Blacksburg, was raided by a group of Shawnee warriors, who killed at least four people including an infant, and captured five more. The Indians brought their hostages to Lower Shawneetown, a Shawnee village in Kentucky.

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