Invasion from All Directions—Stolen Lands, Stolen Peoples 1600-1699
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1643
Massacre of Wappinger Confederacy
Manhattan’s Dutch Governor Kieft orders the massacre of the Wappinger People. Eighty Natives are “massacred...Read More
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1643
Pavonia Massacre of Lenape (New Jersey)
Hundreds of Lenape flee Mahican invaders and seek refuge in New Amsterdam. Kieft refuses and...Read More
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1644
Massapequa Massacre (New York)
John Underhill's men massacre more than 100 Indians near present-day Massapequa. Governor Willem Kieft, who...Read More
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1644
Hempstead torture and massacre
Seven Natives are alleged to have killed pigs; it later is discovered that a colonist...Read More
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1644
Pound Ridge Massacre of Lenape Indians (New York)
John Underhill, hired by the Dutch, attacks and burns a sleeping village of Lenape (possibly...Read More
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1655
Timucua rebellion and destruction
The Timucua rebel against the Spanish in a final resistance movement, after suffering huge losses...Read More
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1661
Spanish outlaw Pueblo ceremonies and destroy sacred objects
Spanish governor orders a raid of Pueblo kivas across Pueblo villages and burns sacred objects...Read More
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1670+
West Indies slave trade decimates southeastern tribes
Carolina traders operating out of Charles Town export an estimated 30,000 to 51,000 Native American...Read More
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1675
Great Swamp Massacre (Rhode Island)
Colonial militia and Indian allies attack a Narragansett village near South Kingstown, Rhode Island. At...Read More
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1675-1676
Virginia colonists violate peace agreement (Bacon’s Rebellion)
Colonists in western Virginia attack Nanticoke and Susquehannock villages and seize their land, despite a...Read More
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1675-1676
King Philip’s (Metacomet) War
Metacomet (King Philip) and his Indian coalition of Wampanoag, Narragansett, Nipmuc, Mohegan, and Podunk rebel...Read More
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1676
Metacomet is executed
On August 12, Captain Benjamin Church tracks down Metacomet and kills him. He mutilates his...Read More
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1676
Massacre at Occoneechee Island (Virginia)
Virginia colonist Nathaniel Bacon turns on his Occoneechee allies and destroys their village on Occoneechee...Read More
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1676
Turner Falls Massacre (Massachusetts)
Captain William Turner and 150 colonial militia volunteers attack a fishing Indian camp at present-day...Read More
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1676
Narragansett Massacre (Rhode Island)
Major Talcott and his colonist militia volunteers massacre a band of Narragansetts on Rhode Island,...Read More
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1680
Public whippings for idolatry
Pope’ and 46 traditional Pueblo leaders are publicly whipped for “idolatry” by the Spanish.
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1692
Spanish re-conquer Pueblo Indians (New Mexico)
Santa Fe is again colonized and restored as the capital of New Mexico.