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Draper's Meadow massacre

1755 in the Thirteen ColoniesBlacksburg, VirginiaCaptives of Native AmericansCaptivity narrativesColony of Virginia
Conflicts in 1755French and Indian WarMassacres by Native AmericansMassacres in 1755Massacres in the Thirteen ColoniesPre-statehood history of Virginia
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The Draper's Meadow Massacre was an attack in July 1755, when the Draper's Meadow settlement in southwest Virginia, at the site of present day Blacksburg, was raided by a group of Shawnee warriors, who killed at least four people including an infant, and captured five more. The Indians brought their hostages to Lower Shawneetown, a Shawnee village in Kentucky. One of the captives, Mary Draper Ingles, later escaped and returned home on foot through the wilderness. Although many of the circumstances of the massacre are uncertain, including the date of the attack, the event remains a dramatic story in the history of Virginia.

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