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1712

Mesquaki (Fox) Indian Massacre (Michigan)

Kee-shes-wa, A Fox Chief. Image: Charles Bird King, Lithograph by J.T. Bowen
Kee-shes-wa, A Fox Chief. Image: Charles Bird King, Lithograph by J.T. Bowen

French troops with Indian allies kill around 1,000 Fox Indian men, women, and children in a five-day massacre near the head of the Detroit River.

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