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- The Fall Creek massacre refers to the slaughter of 9 Native Americans—two men, three women, two boys, and two girls—of uncertain tribal origin on March 22, 1824, by seven white settlers in Madison County, Indiana.
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The Fall Creek massacre refers to the slaughter of 9 Native Americans—two men, three women, two boys, and two girls—of uncertain tribal origin on March 22, 1824, by seven white settlers in Madison County, Indiana.
On March 22, 1824, a band of nine Seneca and Miami Indians camped on Fall Creek in nearby Madison County to hunt. Apparently not satisfied that the band’s intentions were peaceful, and under the pretext of asking the Indians’ help in locating lost livestock, a group of six white men slaughtered the males of the party and returned to their ...
Nov 8, 2004 · On March 22, 1824, two families of Seneca Indians were camped between Fall Creek and Deer Lick Creek in Madison County. Their hunt for valuable animal pelts proved so successful that a group...
Jun 28, 2016 · The Fall Creek Massacre was all too typical—seven whites murdering nine Indians in Indiana in 1824, for no apparent reason. The outcome set a precedent. Six of the killers were arrested (the other disappeared) and tried for their crimes.
The Fall Creek Massacre, 1824: The Forever Frontier, Memory, and Violence in the Midwest. Wesley R Bishop. Paper presented at the Midwest World History Association's 2021 conference. Explores the public history site and collective memory of the Fall Creek Massacre in Pendleton, Indiana. See full PDF. download Download PDF.
- Wesley R Bishop
Jun 30, 2010 · Indians camped along a tributary of Fall Creek. The carnage was recounted in lurid detail in the contemporary press and the events that followed sparked a national sensation. As author David Thomas Murphy notes in the new IHS Press book Murder in Their Hearts: The Fall Creek Massacre,
Feb 29, 2024 · The Fall Creek Massacre was the name given to the brutal murders of a peaceful group of Seneca and Miami Indians by white settlers. The actual massacre occurred on March 22, 1824, between Fall Creek and Deer Lick Creek.
