Pigeon Roost massacre

When

3 Sep 1812

Kind

Massacre

Deaths

24

Coordinates

38.62° N, 85.77° W

Description

1812 attack on a frontier settlement in Indiana Territory

1812 attack on a frontier settlement in Indiana Territory

The Pigeon Roost massacre was a Native American attack on the frontier settlement of Pigeon Roost in Indiana Territory on September 3, 1812, shortly after the outbreak of the War of 1812. A war party—mostly Shawnee, possibly including some Delaware and Potawatomi—killed twenty-four settlers, including fifteen children, and carried off two children; four of the attackers were killed.

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