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Schenectady massacre
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Early in 1690, a party of over 200 French and Sault and Algonquin Indian raiders set out from Montreal to attack English outposts to the south. The intent was to retaliate for a series of devastating Iroquois raids that the English had provided weapons and ammunition for. Isolated northern and western settlements were the targets. Late on February 8th, when a scouting party reported that no one was guarding the stockade at Schenectady, a decision was made to attack at once. Despite the bitter cold, a bloody midnight massacre ensued. Houses and barns were torched, and men, women and children slaughtered. Many were in night clothing and had no time to arm themselves. By the morning of February 9, the thriving community lay in shambles, more than 60 buildings burned, and residents dead, taken prisoner, or fled as refugees to the safety of the fort at Albany. The dead included 38 men, 10 women and 12 children. The raiders departed with prisoners and 50 horses. It was a brutal attack on a defenceless settlement, and the community took many years to recover.
- Journal of Robert Livingston, a settler
- Detailed story, an online book
- Detailed story, Van Patten website
- List of settlers killed and captured, Van Epps website
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