What the records say
- When
- 21 May 1832
- Kind
- Massacre
- Coordinates
- 41.54° N, 88.85° W
- Description
- May 21, 1832, near present-day Ottawa, Illinois
Indian Creek massacre
1832 killing of US settlers in the Black Hawk War
The Indian Creek Massacre occurred on May 21, 1832 with the attack by a party of Native Americans on a group of United States settlers in LaSalle County, Illinois following a dispute about a settler-constructed dam that prevented fish from reaching a nearby Potawatomi village.
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