Show 4 s Schenectady I dy Ma Massacre inI in I History y as Indian Fight of or Feb Fet February I The fhe Massacre tury 0 J I. I 1690 W O which marked the deepest deep deepest est eat inroad ever cr mn made e h by a foreign foe oe within the present historical limits of ot th the United States marked the first time in American history that white men had bad participated with Indians In Inthe Inthe inthe of Warfare war War- warfare the latter's latler's sa n savage e methods fare observes n D Schenectady correspondent correspondent correspondent cor cor- respondent In the New York Times rimes It t was was' was not o unprovoked ed however for Inthe in inthe time the previous pre summer the Iroquois with English muskets and five kegs of English pon powder ler hall had fallen upon La Chine on the St. St Lawrence river The Iroquois killed mau many Canadians and burned their houses The Iroquois remained in Canada until the fall of or terrifying the inhabitants so that they were unable to harvest est their crops Frontenac returning returning re turning to Canada as governor found It necessary to make an nn aggressive mo c move to restore the confidence of ot his people and prevent the loss Joss of ot his own savage 1 allies Illes He Ile forged forge the bolt that struck Schenectady at midnight on February Feb 8 S 1000 a force of men Montreal militia and Indians for the most part which had bad made the Journey Jour n ney y on snow shoes over frozen lakes and snow-covered snow forest Of the inhabitants inhabitants in In- habitants of Schenectady GO 60 were killed and 27 were tal taken en captive |