The Enoch Brown School massacre is one of the most famous incidents of the Pontiac War [1] , which occurred on July 26, 1764 in the British province of Pennsylvania (today the United States).
| Massacre at Enoch Brown School | |
|---|---|
 Built in 1885 Memorial | |
| Way to kill | Shooting, physical impact |
| Coordinates | |
| Killed | ten |
| The wounded | |
Content
Assault
Four Delaware Indians burst into school. Director Enoch Brown tried to persuade them not to touch the children, but was shot and scalped [2] . Then the Native American soldiers slaughtered the Tomahawks and scalped nine children [1] [2] . Two more children were injured and also scalped, but survived, and four were taken prisoner. The day before, the Indians met on the road a pregnant woman named Susan King Cunningham . They beat her to death, scalped and excised the baby from the womb [2] . After returning to their native village and demonstrating to their fellow tribesmen the obtained scalps, the group members were called elder cowards for attacking children [2] . This was witnessed by a settler held captive by the Indians [3] .
Settlers buried Enoch Brown and schoolchildren in a common grave. In 1843 it was opened to confirm that the bodies are there. In 1885, the neighborhood was called Enoch Brown Park , and a memorial was erected over the grave [4] .
Consequences
This and similar incidents forced the General Assembly of Pennsylvania and Governor John Penn to return to the scalp system that existed during the Franco-Indian War [2] . For the scalp of a hostile Indian, the settler could now receive 134 dollars, and for a woman - 50 dollars [5] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Middleton, p. 171
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Dixon, p. 223
- ↑ Archibald Loudon, A Selection of Some of the Most Interesting Outrages Committed by the Indians in Their Wars with the White People (New York, 1808; reprinted 1888), volume 1, p. 283
- ↑ Dixon, p. 318
- ↑ Dixon, pp. 223-24.
Bibliography
- Dixon, David. Never Come to Peace Again: Pontiac's Uprising and the Fate of the British Empire in North America . - Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2005 .-- ISBN 0806136561 .
- Middleton, Richard. Pontiac's War: Its Causes, Course, and Consequences . - New York: Routledge, 2007 .-- ISBN 0415979145 .