Schenectady massacre
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The Schenectady massacre was an attack against the colonial settlement of Schenectady in the English Province of New York on February 8, 1690. A raiding party of 114 French soldiers and militiamen, ac
1890 illustration of the massacre
Beaver Wars
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The Beaver Wars, also known as the Iroquois Wars or the French and Iroquois Wars, were a series of conflicts fought intermittently during the 17th century in North America throughout the Great Lakes r
Schenectady massacre
…was in retaliation for the Lachine massacre, an attack by Haudenosaunee forces on a village in New France. These skirmishes were related both to the Beaver Wars and the French struggle with the English for control of the fur trade in North America, as well as to King William's War between France and England…
Champlain's Battle with the Iroquois, Ticonderoga, July 1609, an 1898 illustration by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris
Haudenosaunee conquests during the Beaver Wars, overlaid over modern United States boundaries for reference.
Flintlock muskets acquired from Dutch traders allowed the Haudenosaunee to wage effective campaigns against neighboring nations
New France's governor Charles de Montmagny rejected peace with the Mohawks in 1641 because it would imply abandonment of their Wendat allies.