Battle at Turner's Falls: Artwork by John Hoenig Morris
Event Summary
Peskeomskut is the name for the waterfalls on the Connecticut River between the communities of Turners Falls and Gill, Massachusetts
The Peskeomskut Massacre or the Falls Fight was a pivotal event in King Philip's War.
The event unfolded when a colonial militia led a pre-dawn ambush of an Indian fishing village on the shores of the river on May 16, 1676.
View an interactive photograph and summary of the scene at Assault on Peskeompskut from the Memorial Hall Museum, Deerfield, Massachusetts
Cross-Link: King Philip's War
Cross-Link: English Settlers and Native Peoples
Two Histories
Technical Report: Battle of Great Falls/Wissantinnewag-Peskeompskut, American Battlefield Protection Program, National Park Service (February 2016)
Remembering & Reconnecting: Nipmucs and the Massacre at Great Falls, Chaubunagungamuug Nipmuck Historic Preservation Office (October 2015)
Recent Developments
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Connecticut River at Turners Falls; Photo by Marcbela |
Perspectives on the Massacre
Link here for more on Native/Settler Interactions during the Colonial Period
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Attack on Metacomet's fort, published in Harper's Magazine, 1857 |
Teaching Resources and Learning Activities
Link to Democratic Teaching/Conversing for Lesson Plan on Native American Mascots
Summary of American Psychological Association Resolution Recommending Retirement of American Indian Mascots (2005)
Ending the Era of Harmful "Indian" Mascots, National Congress of American Indians
Our Beloved Kin: A New History of King Philip's War. Lisa Brooks, Yale University Press, 2018
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