What the records say
- When
- Mar 1644
- Kind
- Massacre
- Coordinates
- 41.21° N, 73.57° W
- Description
- Battle in 1644
Pound Ridge massacre
Battle in 1644
The Pound Ridge massacre was a battle of Kieft's War that took place in March 1644 between the forces of New Netherland and members of the Wappinger Confederacy at a village of its members in the present-day town of Pound Ridge, New York. A mixed force of 130 New Netherland soldiers led by Captain John Underhill launched a night attack on the village and destroyed it with fire.
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