Massacre

Massacre
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Wed, 11/27/2019 - 09:43
Illustration of the Conestoga massacre by the Paxton Boys

On December 28, 1763, Paxton Boys broke into the workhouse and brought the Conestoga out into the courtyard. “Ghost River” depicts the ensuing massacre symbolically by the destruction of the wampum belt that had formalized the peace treaty between the Conestoga, Lenape and Quaker authorities in 1682 (next image). Courtesy of the Library Company of Philadelphia