Attack on the Big Bottom settlement
- When
- January 2, 1791
- Where
- Big Bottom settlement, near present-day Stockport, Ohio
Lenape and Wyandot warriors stormed the incomplete blockhouse at Big Bottom, killing a number of settlers that varies by account and capturing three.
On January 2, 1791, Lenape and Wyandot warriors raided the Big Bottom settlement from the north. They stormed the incomplete blockhouse and killed eleven men, one woman, and two children, though accounts vary as to the number of casualties. The attackers captured three settlers, with at least one dying later, while four others escaped into the woods. The massacre occurred near present-day Stockport, Ohio; the settlement itself, rather than Stockport, was the site of the attack.
Sources
- Big Bottom massacre Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-01
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