Lancaster workhouse massacre
- When
- December 27, 1763
- Where
- Lancaster workhouse (jail)
On December 27, 1763, led by Smith and Stewart, the Paxton Boys broke into the Lancaster workhouse and killed, scalped, and dismembered the fourteen surviving Conestoga.
Angry that many Conestoga had escaped the first raid, the Paxton Boys rode into Lancaster two weeks later. On December 27, 1763, under the leadership of Smith and Stewart, they broke into the workhouse where the survivors had been sheltered and killed, scalped, and dismembered all fourteen remaining Conestoga, including women and children. The legacy row's figure of sixteen survivors is corrected here to fourteen per the supplied source.
Sources
- Paxton Boys Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-29
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