Deerfield Raid

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:aftermath some captives adopted by Mohawk
captives taken to Canada
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:1704_Raid_on_Deerfield
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Jean-Baptiste_Hertel_de_Rouville
John Williams (defending)
gptkbp:commemoratedBy Historic Deerfield Museum
annual reenactments in Deerfield
gptkbp:date February 29, 1704
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Deerfield Raid
gptkbp:location gptkb:Deerfield,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:notableCaptive gptkb:Eunice_Williams
gptkb:Reverend_John_Williams
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Queen_Anne's_War
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:Pennacook_warriors
gptkb:Abenaki_warriors
gptkb:Kanienʼkehá꞉ka_(Mohawk)_warriors
gptkb:Wyandot_(Huron)_warriors
French forces
gptkbp:purpose retaliation for English attacks on French settlements
gptkbp:resultedIn capture of 112 colonists
death of 47 colonists
destruction of Deerfield village
gptkbp:significance one of the most famous raids of Queen Anne's War
gptkbp:target English colonists
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Reverend_John_Williams
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8