What the records say
- When
- 25 Feb 1643
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 40
- Coordinates
- 40.71° N, 73.98° W
- Description
- 1643 Manhattan massacre
Massacre at Corlears Hook
Colonial massacre of Wecquaesgeek in Manhattan, New Netherland
The Massacre at Corlears Hook of February 25, 1643, was a colonial massacre of forty Wecquaesgeek of all ages and genders on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, perpetrated by a force led by Maryn Adriansen, acting under Willem Kieft, the Director of New Netherland.
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