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Cherry Valley Massacre, 1778
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Title:
Cherry Valley Massacre, 1778
Caption:
Jane Wells pleads for her life as a man pleads with an American Indian not to kill her. The house behind them is being burned by Loyalists and American Indians. The Cherry Valley massacre was an attack by British and Iroquois forces on a fort and the village of Cherry Valley in eastern New York on November 11, 1778, during the American Revolutionary War. A mixed force of Loyalists and British soldiers, led by Major Walter Butler along with Seneca and Mohawks, led by Mohawk Chief Joseph Brant descended on Cherry Valley, whose defenders, despite warnings, were unprepared for the attack. During the raid, the Seneca in particular targeted non-combatants, and reports state that 30 such individuals were slain, in addition to a number of armed defenders. Jane Wells was one of thirty non-combatants killed during the massacre. Engraving by Thomas Phillibrown was based on the painting by Alonzo Chappel.
Category:
ILLUSTRATION • black & white • History: United States
Credit:
Album / Science Source / New York Public Library
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Image size:
2940 x 3869 px | 32.5 MB
Print size:
24.9 x 32.8 cm | 9.8 x 12.9 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1778 • 18TH CENTURY • 18TH CENTURY, THE • 18TH CENTURY. • 18TH • AMERICA • AMERICAN INDIAN • AMERICAN INDIANS • AMERICAN REVOLUTION • AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR • AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE • AMERICAN-INDIAN • ART • ARTWORK • BEGS FOR LIFE • BLACK & WHITE • BRITISH FORCES • BRITISH TROOPS • BW • CHERRY VALLEY MASSACRE • CHERRY VALLEY • DRAWING • ENGLISH FORCES • ENGLISH TROOPS • ENGRAVING • FEMALE • FIRST PEOPLE • GUERRA • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • HISTORY: UNITED STATES • HOUSE BURNING • HUNDRED YEARS WAR • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • ILUSTRATION • INDIAN • INDIANS (AMERICAN) • INDIGENOUS AMERICAN • INDIGENOUS NORTH AMERICAN • INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE AMERICAS • INDIO • JANE WELLS • LOYALISTS • MALE • MAN • MEN • MOHAWK • NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN • NATIVE AMERICAN • NATIVE AMERICANS • NEW ENGLAND • NEW YORK • NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN • PLEADS FOR LIFE • REVOLUTIONARY WAR • SENECA • UNITED STATES • US • USA • WAR OF INDEPENDENCE • WAR • WARFARE • WARRIOR • WARS • WOMAN • WOMEN • XVIII CENTURY
