What is Indian massacre of 1622?
[[Image:1622 massacre jamestown de Bry.jpg|thumb|300px|A [[woodcut]] of the Indian massacre of 1622 by [[Theodore de Bry]].]] The '''Indian massacre of 1622''' (also known as the '''Jamestown Massacre''') was an event where around 347<ref>[http://www.bookrags.com/Indian_massacre_of_1622 Around 347 people were massacred in the attack]</ref> people were killed in the [[Virginia Colony]] of [[North America]] on [[Good Friday]], [[March 22]], [[1622]]. The number killed, 347, was almost one-third of the English [[population]] of Jamestown. They were killed by a number of surprise attacks by the [[Powhatan Confederacy]] (a [[Native American]] tribe), who were ruled by Chief Opechancanough. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Further reading== *{{cite book |chapter=March 22, 1622: Skyfall |title=Love and Hate in Jamestown: John Smith, Pocahontas, and the Start of A New Nation |url=https://archive.org/details/lovehateinjamest00pric |last=Price |first=David A. |year=2003 |publisher=Alfred A. Knopf |location=New York |isbn=0375415416 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/lovehateinjamest00pric/page/200 200]–221 }} *{{cite book |title=Indian War Sites |url=https://archive.org/details/indianwarsitesgu0000rajt |last=Rajtar |first=Steve |year=1999 |publisher=McFarland |location=Jefferson, NC |isbn=0786407107 }} {{history-stub}} [[Category:1622]] [[Category:History of Native Americans]] [[Category:17th century in North America]]