"The Great Massacre of 1694" :understanding the destruction of the Oyster River Plantation: Historical New Hampshire / Craig J. Brown.
- Title:
- "The Great Massacre of 1694" :understanding the destruction of the Oyster River Plantation: Historical New Hampshire / Craig J. Brown.
- Author:
- Brown, Craig J.,
- Call Number:
- 977.8 N5321h
- Publication Information:
- Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1998.
- Physical Description:
- p.[68] - 89.
- Source:
- Vol. 53, No. 3 & 4 (Fall-Winter 1998) Historical New Hampshire.
- Description:
- The author argues that the July 18, 1694 attack by a joint French-Abenaki force on the New Hampshire settlement of Oyster River Plantation (now the Durham, New Hampshire, area) was not an accident, as suggested by Francis Parkman in 1877, but a deliberate military operation, launched in response to the 1693 Treaty of Pemaquid. Many Abenaki did not accept the treaty, imposed on 13 Abenaki representatives by the English. The Abenaki went to war to protect their land and their way of life. The 250 warriors killed or captured almost one hundred people, or one-third of the population of Oyster River.
The author also examines the influence of Parkman in popularizing the view of the raid as accidental, or a result of a confluence of factors, which included insufficient supplies and poor leadership. The author then reviews and discredits Parkman's work and the sources he used. - Language:
- English.
- Subjects:
- Indians of North America. , Indians of North America Warfare. , Abenaki Indians Treaties. , Abenaki Indians. , Massacres New Hampshire.
- Locations:
- New Hampshire History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Oyster River (N.H.). - Organizations:
- Oyster River Plantation (N.H.).
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