Indian Massacre - List of Massacres

1500–1830

Year	Date	Name	Description	Claimants
1539		Napituca Massacre	After defeating resisting Timucuan warriors, Hernando de Soto had 200 executed, in the first large-scale massacre by Europeans on what became American soil.	Duncan, E., Hernando de Soto, pp. 286–291.
1540	October 18	Mabila Massacre	The Choctaw retaliated against Hernando de Soto's expedition, killing 200 soldiers, as well as many of their horses and pigs, for their having burned down Mabila compound and killed c. 2,500 warriors who had hidden in houses of a fake village.	Duncan, E., Hernando de Soto, pp. 376–384; Steele, I., Warpaths, p. 15.
1541–42		Tiguex Massacres	After the invading Spaniards seized the houses, food and clothing of the Tiguex, and raped their women, the Tiguex resisted. The Spanish attacked them, burning at the stake 50 people who had surrendered. Francisco Vázquez de Coronado's men laid siege to the Moho Pueblo, and after a months-long siege, they killed 200 fleeing warriors.	Sauer, C. Sixteenth Century North America, p. 141. Flint, R., No Settlement, No Conquest, pp. 144–153.
1599	January 22–24	Acoma Massacre	In retaliation for the killing of 11 Spanish soldiers, Juan de Oñate led a punitive expedition against the natives in a three-day battle at the Acoma Pueblo, killing approximately 800. King Philip II later punished Oñate for his excesses.	Weber, D., The Spanish Frontier in North America, pp. 85–86.
1601		Sandia Mountains	Spanish troops destroyed 3 Indian villages in the Sandia Mountains, New Mexico. According to Spanish sources, 900 Tompiro Indians were killed.
1622	March 22	Indian massacre of 1622 (Jamestown Massacre)	Powhatan (Pamunkey) killed 347 English men, women and children throughout the Virginia colony, almost one-third of the English population of the Jamestown colony, in an effort to push the English out of Virginia.
1623	May 12	Pamunkey Peace Talks	The English poisoned the wine at a "peace conference" with Powhatan leaders, killing about 200; they physically attacked and killed another 50.	Steele, I., Warpaths, p. 47.
1637	May 26	Mystic Massacre	In the Pequot War, English colonists commanded by John Mason, with Mohegan and Narragansett allies, launched a night attack on a large Pequot village on the Mystic River in present-day Connecticut, where they burned the inhabitants in their homes and killed all survivors, for total fatalities of about 600–700.	Cave, A., The Pequot War, pp. 144–154.
1643	February 25	Pavonia Massacre	In 1643 the Mohawk attacked a band of Wappinger and Tappan, who fled to New Amsterdam seeking the protection of New Netherland governor, William Kieft. Kieft dispersed them to Pavonia and Corlears Hook. They were later attacked, 129 being killed. This prompted the beginning of Kieft's War, driven by mercenary John Underhill.
1643	August	Massacre of Anne Hutchinson and her family	As part of Kieft's War in New Netherland, near the Split Rock (now northeastern Bronx in New York City), local Lenape (or Siwanoy) killed Anne Hutchinson, six of her children, a son-in-law, and as many as seven others (servants). Susanna, one of Hutchinson's daughters, was taken captive and lived with the natives for several years.	LaPlante, E., American Jezebel, p. 231.
1644	March	Pound Ridge Massacre	As part of Kieft's War in New Netherland, at present day Pound Ridge, New York, John Underhill, hired by the Dutch, attacked and burned a sleeping village of Lenape, killing about 500 Indians.	Steele, I., Warpaths, p. 116. Trelease, A., Indian Affairs in Colonial New York; The Seventeenth Century, pp. 79–80.
1655	September 11–15	Peach Tree War	In retaliation for Director-General of New Netherland Peter Stuyvesant's attacks to their trading partners and allies at New Sweden, united bands of natives attacked Pavonia, Staten Island, Colen Donck and other areas of New Netherland.
1675	September 18	Bloody Brook Massacre	During King Philip's War, Indian warriors killed 60 soldiers of Deerfield, Massachusetts.
1675	December 19	Great Swamp Massacre (Great Swamp Fight)	Colonial militia attacked a Narragansett fort near South Kingstown, Rhode Island. At least 40 warriors were killed and 300 women, children and elder men burnt in the village.
1676	March 26	Nine Men's Misery	During King Philip's War, warriors subjected nine captive soldiers to ritual torture and death.
1676	May 10	Turner Falls Massacre (Battle of Turner's Falls)	Captain William Turner and 150 militia volunteers attacked a fishing Indian camp at present-day Turners Falls, Massachusetts. At least 100 women and children were killed in the attack.
1676	July 2	Rhode Island	Militia volunteers under Major Talcott attacked a band of Narragansetts on Rhode Island, killing 34 men and 92 women and children.
1680	August 10	Pueblo Revolt	Pueblo warriors killed 380 Spanish settlers, and drove other Spaniards from New Mexico.
1689	August 5	Lachine massacre	1,500 Mohawk warriors attacked the small settlement of Lachine, New France and killed more than 90 of the village's 375 French residents, following widespread French attacks on Mohawk villages in present-day New York.
1689		Zia Pueblo	Governor Jironza de Cruzate destroyed the pueblo of Zia, New Mexico. 600 Indians were killed and 70 survivors enslaved.
1690	February 8	Schenectady Massacre	As part of the Beaver Wars, French and Algonquins destroyed Schenectady, New York, killing 60 Dutch and English settlers, including ten women and at least twelve children.
1704		Apalachee Massacre	Former Carolinia Governor James Moore launched a series of brutal attacks on the Apalachee villages of Northern Florida. They killed 1000 Apalachees and enslaved at least 2000 survivors.
1704	February 29	Deerfield Massacre	During Queen Anne's War, a force composed of Abenaki, Kanienkehaka, Wyandot and Pocumtuck, led by a small contingent of French-Canadian militia, sacked the town of Deerfield, Massachusetts, killing 56 civilians and taking more than 100 as captives.
1713	March 20–23	Fort Neoheroka	Militia volunteers and Indian allies under Colonel James Moore attacked Ft. Neoheroka, the main stronghold of the Tuscarora Indians. 200 Tuscaroras were burned to death in the village and 900–1000 others were subsequently killed or captured.
1715	April 15	Pocotaligo Massacre	Yamassee Indians killed 4 British traders and representatives of Carolania at Pocotaligo, near present-day Yemassee, South Carolina. 90 other traders were killed in the following weeks.
1729	November 28	Natchez Massacre	Natchez Indians attacked French settlements near present-day Natchez, Mississippi, killing more than 200 French colonists.
1747	October	Chama River	Spanish troops ambushed a group of Utes on the Chama River, killing 111 Indians and taking 206 as captives .
1757	August 9	Battle of Fort William Henry	Following the fall of Fort William Henry during the Seven Years' War, Indians allied with the French killed between 70 and 180 British and colonial prisoners.
1758	March 16	San Saba Mission Massacre	A large party of Comanche, Tonkawa and Hasinai Indians attacked the mission of San Saba, Texas, killing 8 people and burning down the mission.
1759	October 4	St. Francis Raid	During the Seven Years' War, in retaliation for the rumored murder of a captured Stockbridge man and detention of Captain Quinten Kennedy of the Rogers' Rangers, Major Robert Rogers led a party of approximately 150 English regulars, volunteers and Mahican into the village of Odanak, Quebec. They killed up to 30 Abenaki people, among them women and children, as confirmed via conflicting reports.
1763	September 14	Devil's Hole Massacre	During the Seven Years' War, Seneca allied with the French attacked a British supply train and soldiers just south of Fort Niagara. They killed 21 teamsters from the supply train and 81 soldiers who attempted to rescue the train.
1763	December	Killings by the Paxton Boys	In response to Pontiac's Rebellion, frontier Pennsylvania settlers killed 20 peaceful Susquehannock.
1764	July 26	Enoch Brown School Massacre	Four Delaware killed a schoolmaster, 10 pupils and a pregnant woman. Two pupils were scalped but survived.
1774	September	Spanish Peaks	Spanish troops surprised a large fortified Comanche village near Spanish Peaks (Raton, New Mexico). They killed nearly 300 Indians (men, women and children) and took 100 captives.
1774	April 30	Yellow Creek Massacre	Daniel Greathouse killed members of Chief Logan's family.
1777	September 26	The Grave Creek Massacre	A milita company under Captain William Foreman is ambushed and killed by Indians south of Wheeling, West Virginia.
1778	July 3	Battle of Wyoming	During the American Revolutionary War, following a battle with rebel defenders of Forty Fort, Iroquois allies of Loyalist forces hunted and killed those who fled; they were later accused of using ritual torture to kill those soldiers who surrendered. These claims were denied by Iroquois and British leaders at the time.
	August 31	Stockbridge Massacre	A battle of the American Revolutionary War that rebel propaganda portrayed as a massacre.
	November 11	Cherry Valley Massacre	British and Seneca forces attacked the fort and village at Cherry Valley, New York, killing 16 rebel troops and more than 30 settlers.
1781	September 1	Dietz Massacre	During the Revolution, Iroquois allied with the British attacked the home of Johannes Dietz, Berne, New York, killing and scalping Dietz, his wife, their daughter-in-law, four children of their son's family, and a servant girl.
1782	March 8	Gnadenhütten massacre	During the Revolution, Pennsylvania militiamen massacred nearly 100 non-combatant Christian Lenape, mostly women and children; they killed and scalped all but two young boys.
1782	May 10	Corbly Family Massacre	During the Revolution, Indians allied with the British attacked the family of John Corbly, a Christian minister in Greene County, Pennsylvania. His wife and three of their children were killed; and two daughters were scalped, but survived. The Reverend Corbly escaped.	Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, R.R. Bowker Co., 1925, Item notes: v. 59 1925 January–June p. 234
1805	January	Canyon del Muerto	Spanish soldiers led by Antonio Narbona massacred 115 Navajo Indians (mostly women, children and old men) in Canyon del Muerto, northeastern Arizona.
1812	August 15	Fort Dearborn Massacre (Battle of Fort Dearborn)	During the War of 1812, Indians allied with the British killed American soldiers and settlers evacuating Fort Dearborn (site of present-day Chicago, Illinois). In all, 26 soldiers, two officers, two women and 12 children, and 12 trappers and settlers hired as scouts, were killed.
	September 10	Zimmer Massacre	During the War of 1812, four settlers were killed in an attack believed to be by aggrieved Lenape, in Ashland County, Ohio.	Howe, Henry., Howe's Historical Collections of Ohio, Volume 1 .pp. 257–258, 1907
	September 15	Copus Massacre	During the War of 1812, Northwest Indians attacked the Ashland County, Ohio homestead of Rev. James Copus, killing three militiamen and one settler; and wounding two militiamen and a settler's daughter; settlers killed two Indians.	Howe, Henry., Howe's Historical Collections of Ohio, Volume 1 .pp. 258–259, 1907
1813	January 22	River Raisin Massacre	During the War of 1812, Indians allied with the British killed between 30 and 60 Kentucky militia after their surrender.
	August 18	Dilbone Massacre	During the War of 1812, an Indian allegedly killed three settlers (David Garrard and Henry Dilbone and wife) in Miami County, Ohio. Settlers later killed the Indian they suspected of the murders.	Sutton, R., The History of Shelby County Ohio, p. 122 published 1883
	August 30	Fort Mims Massacre	After Creek were attacked by US forces in the Battle of Burnt Corn (which the Creek won), a band of Red Sticks sacked Fort Mims, Alabama, killing 400 civilians and taking 250 scalps. This action brought the US into the internal Creek War, at the same time as the War of 1812.
	November 18	Hillabee Massacre	Tennessee troops under General White launched a dawn attacked on an unsuspecting Creek town (the village leaders were engaged in peace negotiations with General Andrew Jackson). About 65 Creek Indians were shot or bayoneted.
	November 29	Autossee Massacre (Battle of Autossee)	Georgia Militia General Floyd attacked a Creek town on Tallapoosa River, in Macon County, Alabama, killing 200 Indians before setting the village afire.
1818	April 22	Chehaw Affair	During the First Seminole War, U.S. troops attacked a non-hostile Muscogee village, killing an estimated 10 to 50 men, women and children.
1824	March 22	Fall Creek Massacre	Six settlers in Madison County, Indiana killed and robbed eight Seneca. One suspect escaped trial and another was a witness at subsequent trial. Of those charged with murder, one man was hanged January 12, 1825, and two were hanged June 2, 1825. The last defendant was pardoned at the last minute.	Wikipedia Article
1826		Dressing Point Massacre	A posse of Anglo-Texan settlers massacred a large community of Karankawa Indians near the mouth of the Colorado River in Matagorda County, Texas. Between 40 and 50 Karankawas were killed.