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Summary Of Narrative Of The Late Massacres In Lancaster County

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Benjamin Franklin’s piece A narrative of the late massacres, in Lancaster County focus on the brutal murder of the Indian and how the city of Lancaster handled the massacre. Indians faced many issues while trying to live in peace. Now, we know through past history much of the lands that we are calling America belong to the Natives first. So, during the Revolution war and the French Indian War, more and more land been taken from the Six Nations and forcing the tribe(s) to relocate to find a new home. During the time of the massacre, the remain tribes of the Six Nation had left and reside at Conestogoe. Since the Indians are living on the land near Lancaster, it seems like the colonials wanted to make a treaty to ensure there was peace between the two, tribe and colonist. With …show more content…

The death toll for the 14th of December 1763 was six. “Only three men, two women and a young boy, were found at home...” The Governor was clearly not happy with the news of the killing that he made an announcement of the what happened and how he wants the men who is responsible to be brought to justice. The act of the crime was unnecessary and brutal. Fearing for the remain Indians within the territory, the Governor had taken upon himself to protect them. He had hidden them in a work-house, but once again a group of men broke it and killed the Indians in hiding. Just by the act alone, it shows that some individuals did not want nor like the Indians in the nearby town of Lancaster. In my opinion the massacre was in a way a sort of ethnic cleansing. The group of men target was only Indians; The colonist fought the Indians during the war, the hatred seems to have stayed with them. The goal of the group was to kill all the Indians and they had succeed. Twice. There was a reward for the name of the men who committed the crime, but the people were scared and never said a

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