Indian massacre of 1622

When

22 Mar 1622

Kind

Murder

Killed

347

Coordinates

37.21° N, 76.78° W

Description

assault by Virginia Indians on English plantations along the James River in the Colony of Virginia

Powhatan attack on the English colony of Virginia

The Indian massacre of 1622 took place in the English Colony of Virginia on March 22, 1621/22 (O.S./N.S.). The English explorer John Smith, though he was not an eyewitness, wrote in his History of Virginia that warriors of the Powhatan "came unarmed into our houses with deer, turkeys, fish, fruits, and other provisions to sell us." They then grabbed any tools or weapons available and killed all of the English settler…

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Jamestown massacre: Algonquian natives kill 347 English settlers outside Jamestown, Virginia (one third of the colony's population)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Jamestown katliamı: Algonquian yerlileri, Virginia, Jamestown dışında 347 İngiliz yerleşimciyi (koloni nüfusunun üçte biri) öldürdü ve Henricus yerleşimini…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Pamunkey-Indianer unter Sachem Opechancanough überfallen rund um Jamestown, Virginia, im James City County Farmen und Wohnstätten”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ジェームズタウンの虐殺：アルゴンキアン族の原住民が、バージニア植民地ジェームズタウンの郊外でイングランド系移住者347人を殺し、ヘンリクス集落を燃やす。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page