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Raid on Dartmouth

30 Sep 1749 · 44.66° N, 63.57° W

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30 Sep 1749
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Battle
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44.66° N, 63.57° W
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1749 raid of a sawmill in Nova Scotia

Raid on Dartmouth (1749)

1749 raid of a sawmill in Nova Scotia

The Raid on Dartmouth (1749) occurred during Father Le Loutre's War on September 30, 1749 when a Mi'kmaw militia from Chignecto raided Major Ezekiel Gilman's sawmill at present-day Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, killing four workers and wounding two. This raid was one of seven the Wabanaki Confederacy and Acadians would conduct against the settlement during the war.

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