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Pound Ridge massacre

1644 in the Dutch Empire1644 in the Thirteen ColoniesConflicts in 1644Kieft's WarMassacres in 1644
Massacres in the Thirteen ColoniesMassacres of Native AmericansNative American genocidePre-statehood history of New York (state)Westchester County, New York

The Pound Ridge massacre was a battle of Kieft's War that took place in March 1644 between the forces of New Netherland and members of the Wappinger Confederacy at a village of its members in the present-day town of Pound Ridge, New York. A mixed force of 130 New Netherland soldiers led by Captain John Underhill launched a night attack on the village and destroyed it with fire. 500 to 700 members of the Wappinger Confederacy were killed while the New Netherland force lost one man killed and fifteen wounded. More casualties were suffered in this attack than in any other single incident in the war. Shortly after the battle several local Wappinger Confederacy sachems sued for peace.

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