Pageant Exhibition Panel 12 - Nashaway Indians during the attack on Lancaster, Massachusetts
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Title
Pageant Exhibition Panel 12 - Nashaway Indians during the attack on Lancaster, Massachusetts
Subject
King Philip's War, 1675-1676; Massachusetts--Colonial period--1650-1675; Lancaster (Mass.)--History--1670-1680--Drama; Fourth of July celebrations--Massachusetts--Lancaster; Library exhibits--Massachusetts--Lancaster; Indians of North America--Massachusetts--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Native Americans; Indians of North America--Nashaway
Description
The attack on the Rowlandson blockhouse during Episode 3, Massacre by the Nashaway Indian Tribe, in the Lancaster, Massachusetts 1912 Fourth of July Pageant. The photograph shows one group of the Native Americans crawling close to the stockade while another group is shown running away. The attack occurred on February 10, 1676 during King Phillip's War, also called Metacom's War or Metacom's Rebellion, that took place from 1675-76 between Native Americans and Colonists and their Native American Allies in Southern New England. Metacom, known as King Phillip to the English, was the grand Sachem of the Wampanoag Confederacy.
The photograph is mounted on heavy cardboard and has text describing the activity and history depicted in the photograph. The text for this image has been transcribed.
The photograph is mounted on heavy cardboard and has text describing the activity and history depicted in the photograph. The text for this image has been transcribed.
Pageant at Lancaster, Massachusetts, July 4, 1912.
MASSACRE
While firing on the left takes place by the first group of Indians, a second group is seen crawling stealthily along close to the stockade, and then lying in a compact group near the gate, while a third lot come running in from the right bearing brush and bundles of dried grass, which they set on fire and toss over the stockade and against the fort, which presently catches fire.
MASSACRE
While firing on the left takes place by the first group of Indians, a second group is seen crawling stealthily along close to the stockade, and then lying in a compact group near the gate, while a third lot come running in from the right bearing brush and bundles of dried grass, which they set on fire and toss over the stockade and against the fort, which presently catches fire.
Creator
Sears, Richard
Source
Image is the twelfth photograph in the Lancaster Massachusetts 1912 Fourth of July Pageant Exhibition created by the Thayer Memorial Library.
Publisher
C/WMARS http://www.cwmars.org/
Date
1912-07-04
Contributor
Thayer Memorial Library
Relation
From the archives at the Thayer Memorial Library, Lancaster, Massachusetts. http://thayermemoriallibrary.org
Format
image/jpg
Language
en-US
Type
Image, Text
Files
Collection
Citation
Sears, Richard, “Pageant Exhibition Panel 12 - Nashaway Indians during the attack on Lancaster, Massachusetts,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed June 19, 2013, http://digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/778.
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