Gnadenhütten massacre

When

24 Nov 1755

Kind

Massacre

Deaths

11

Coordinates

40.83° N, 75.71° W

Attack by Native Americans on a Pennsylvania Moravian settlement in 1755

The Gnadenhütten massacre was an attack during the French and Indian War in which Native allies of the French killed 11 Moravian missionaries at Gnadenhütten, Pennsylvania on 24 November 1755. They destroyed the mission village and took one woman prisoner, and only four of the sixteen residents escaped.

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