From Mississinewa. 1812. America's Most Exciting Living History Weekend-- At Mississinewa Battlefield, Marion, Indiana, October 13-15, 2017.
TIMELINE
SEPTEMBER 3, 1812-- Shawnees led by Missilimeta attacked Pigeon Roost settlement in southern Indiana and killed 20 whites.
SEPTEMBER 6, 1812-- Indians attack Fort Wayne and Fort Harrison (Terre Haute) in Indiana. The Americans repulse them and then attack Indian villages north of the Wabash River.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
Showing posts with label Massacre at Pigeon Roost Indiana. Show all posts
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Wednesday, July 19, 2017
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Another September 1812 Incident in Indiana: The Pigeon Roost Massacre-- Part 2
On September 3, 1812, Indians, mostly Shawnee, killed 24 settlers, including 15 children, in a massacre in the village. Two children were kidnapped and four Indians killed.
They first attacked the cabin of Elias Payne. His wife and seven children were killed and scalped. The Indians then found Elias and his brother-in-law Isaac Coffman in the woods and killed Isaasc. Elias Payne was wounded, but bled to death. His grave was later destroyed by I-65 construction.
Militia from nearby Charlestown gave chase, but lost the Indians.
Pigeon Roost was rebuilt, but later abandoned. The victims were buried in a mass grave.
In 1904, a $2,000, 44-foot obelisk was erected and in 1929, it became a state historic site.
More recently, markers of the event were placed on US-31.
I'd Never Heard of This Before. --Brock-Perry
They first attacked the cabin of Elias Payne. His wife and seven children were killed and scalped. The Indians then found Elias and his brother-in-law Isaac Coffman in the woods and killed Isaasc. Elias Payne was wounded, but bled to death. His grave was later destroyed by I-65 construction.
Militia from nearby Charlestown gave chase, but lost the Indians.
Pigeon Roost was rebuilt, but later abandoned. The victims were buried in a mass grave.
In 1904, a $2,000, 44-foot obelisk was erected and in 1929, it became a state historic site.
More recently, markers of the event were placed on US-31.
I'd Never Heard of This Before. --Brock-Perry
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Another September Incident in Indiana: The Massacre at Pigeon Roost-- Part 1
From Wikipedia.
This took place September 3, 1812, in southeast Indiana near the Ohio River as part of a coordinated attack on Fort Harrison and Fort Wayne.
The site is now an Indiana State Historic Site located between Scottsburg and Henryville, Indiana, near Underwood. A one-lane road off US-31 takes the visitor to the site of a village where Indians massacred 24 white settlers.
Pigeon Roost was established in 1809 by William E. Collins, by settlers primarily from Kentucky. It got the name Pigeon Roost from the great number of passenger pigeons living in the vicinity. It essentially was a single line of cabins running north-south about one mile east of present-day Underwood.
More to Come. --Brock-Perry
This took place September 3, 1812, in southeast Indiana near the Ohio River as part of a coordinated attack on Fort Harrison and Fort Wayne.
The site is now an Indiana State Historic Site located between Scottsburg and Henryville, Indiana, near Underwood. A one-lane road off US-31 takes the visitor to the site of a village where Indians massacred 24 white settlers.
Pigeon Roost was established in 1809 by William E. Collins, by settlers primarily from Kentucky. It got the name Pigeon Roost from the great number of passenger pigeons living in the vicinity. It essentially was a single line of cabins running north-south about one mile east of present-day Underwood.
More to Come. --Brock-Perry
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