What is Penn's Creek Massacre?
{{Infobox civilian attack | title = Penn's Creek Massacre | image = Flickr - Nicholas T - Overseen.jpg | caption = Penn's Creek in the foreground | location = [[Pennsylvania]] [[wikt:frontier|frontier]] | coordinates = | date = October 16, 1755 | time = | timezone = | type = | fatalities = 14 | injuries = 1; 11 [[kidnapped]] | perps = [[Lenape|Delaware Indians]] | perp = | susperps = | susperp = | weapons = }} The '''[[w:Penn's Creek Massacre|Penn's Creek Massacre]]''' was a [[wikt:massacre|massacre]] committed by [[Lenape|Delaware Indians]] on 16 October 1755. It happened near what is present day [[w:Selinsgrove|Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania]]. Made bold by [[w:General Edward Braddock|Braddock's]] defeat on July 9, Indians killed and [[wikt:pillage|pillaged]] along the Pennsylvania [[wikt:frontier|frontier]]. Fourteen settlers were killed at Penn's Creek. Eleven were taken [[wikt:captive|captive]]. One was wounded, but escaped. A [[w:Posse comitatus (common law)|posse]] sent to [[wikt:investigate|investigate]] was attacked, and both posse members and Indians were killed. Some of those taken captive in the Penn's Creek Massacre eventually returned to [[w:civilization|civilization]] alive. ==References== * {{citation |last1=Snyder |first1=Charles McCool |last2=Downie |first2=John W. |last3=Kalp |first3=Lois |year=2000 |title=Union County, Pennsylvania: A Celebration of History |publisher=Penn State Press |pages=9–12 |isbn=0-917127-13-7}} {{Multistub|US|history}} [[Category:Massacres in the United States]] [[Category:18th century in Pennsylvania]] [[Category:1755]]