Invasion from All Directions—Stolen Lands, Stolen Peoples 1600-1699

1676

Turner Falls Massacre (Massachusetts)

Monument on the Gill, Massachusetts side of the Turners Falls. Image: Denimadept
Monument on the Gill, Massachusetts side of the Turners Falls. Image: Denimadept

Captain William Turner and 150 colonial militia volunteers attack a fishing Indian camp at present-day Turners Falls. At least 100 women and children are killed in the attack (“List of Indian massacres”).

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