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Category : Conestoga Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 31
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A Narrative of the Late Massacres, in Lancaster County, of a Number of Indians, Friends of this Province, by Persons Unknown
Author: Narrative of the Late Massacres, in Lancaster County, of a Number of Indians, Friends of this Province, by Persons Unknown : With Some Observations on the Same
Author: Benjamin FranklinPublisher:
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Category : Conestoga Indians
Languages : en
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Benjamin Franklin decries the recent massacre by the self-styled Paxton Boys of peaceful Native Americans belonging to the Conestoga tribe in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and the subsequent murder by mob action against those remaining Indians who had been taken to the county workhouse for protection. By contrast, he recounts examples of the "rite of hospitality" exercised on behalf of their enemies by ancient Greeks in Homer's Ulysses, by Muslim Moors under the Saracens, by native Africans in Guinea, and by Native Americans. Franklin also includes copies of proclamations by Governor John Penn against the outrage. The pamphlet concludes with calls for justice against the perpetrators.
A Narrative of the Late Massacres, in Lancaster County, of a Number of Indians, Friends of This Province, by Persons Unknown
Author: Benjamin FranklinPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331332315
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 38
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Excerpt from A Narrative of the Late Massacres, in Lancaster County, of a Number of Indians, Friends of This Province, by Persons Unknown: With Some Observations on the Same Chriftiatr Miflionaries, been b smg, at lead, of on lately left their Nation us, becaufe they did not chufe to join with them in their Depredations, and to fhew their Confi dence in us, and to give us an equal Confidence in them, they have brought and put into our Hands their Wives and Children. Others have lived long among us in nort/jzzmpz'on County, and molt of their Children have been born there. Thefe ari: all now trembling for their Lives have been hurried from Place to Place for now concealed 111 Corners, then fent out Province, refufed a Pafiage through a ed, not' nu indv on our Hands. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
A Narrative of the Late Massacres, in Lancaster County, of a Number of Indians, Friends of this Province, by Persons Unknown : with Some Observations on the Same
Author: Benjamin FranklinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conestoga Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
A narrative of the late Massacres, in Lancaster County, of a number of Indians, friends of this Province, by persons unknown. With some observations on the same
Author: Quarter Sessions, Court of (LANCASTER, Pennsylvania, County of)Publisher:
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Languages : en
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A Narrative of the Late Massacres in Lancaster County
Author: Benjamin FranklinThe Writings of Benjamin Franklin
Author: Benjamin FranklinPublisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 502
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A Narrative of the Massacres, in Lancaster County, of a Number of Indians, Friends of this Province, by Persons Unknown
Author: Benjamin FranklinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conestoga Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
NARRATIVE OF THE LATE MASSACRES, IN LANCASTER COUNTY, OF A NUMBER OF INDIANS, FRIENDS OF THIS... PROVINCE, BY PERSONS UNKNOWN
Author: BENJAMIN. FRANKLINPublisher:
ISBN: 9781033172018
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Massacre of the Conestogas
Author: Jack BrubakerPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 161423275X
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
A gripping account of how a vigilante mob of Pennsylvania frontiersmen butchered a Native American tribe—and got away with it. On two chilly December days in 1763, bands of armed men raged through camps of peaceful Conestoga Indians. They killed twenty Susquehannock women, children and men, effectively wiping out the tribe. These murderous rampages by Lancaster County’s Paxton Boys were the tragic culmination of a gruesomely violent conflict between European settlers and native tribes. The Paxton Boys then journeyed to Philadelphia, not to evade the law but to confront it. They openly threatened to commit more of the same violence if their demands were not met. In Massacre at the Conestogas, Lancaster journalist Jack Brubaker gives a blow-by-blow account of the massacres, examines their aftermath, and investigates how the Paxton Boys got away with murder.