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DO THE ARTIFACTS Discuss with your DETAIL AN AREA OF group and explain your PEACE OR CONFLICT? response.

Life in Western THE DEERFIELD RAID Massachusetts in the Early 18 th Century

WHERE IS DEERFIELD?

HOW PEOPLE SETTLED THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY

WHAT WAS 18 TH CENTURY DEERFIELD LIKE? ¡ A frontier town § Exposed to French, English, and Native American traders ¡ Had been exposed to: § The King Philip’s War (1675-6) § The King William’s War (1689-97) § The Queen Anne’s War (1702-14) ¡ Raided and attacked seven times during the King William’s War ¡ More warnings of attacks…

WHAT HAPPENED AT DEERFIELD? ¡ February 29, 1704 § Pre-dawn attack by 200 to 250 Wôbanaki, Huron, and Mohawk Indians and close to fifty French troops § Most houses are burned or destroyed § Approximately 50% of the residents are killed or captured

WHAT HAPPENED AFTER? ¡ Forty-one Deerfield residents and six raiders are killed in the attack ¡ One hundred men, women, and children are marched up to Canada § 80-89% survive the 300 mile trek § 60-62 captives returned to New England § Not all returned to Deerfield § Others stayed, married into Native tribes, became Catholic ¡ Physical, cultural, social dynamics change § Why?

WHY THE RAID? WHAT NEXT? ¡ Smallpox outback decreased Native populations in 1702-3 ¡ Captives needed to “replace” those lost § Did not matter the source ¡ Why call it “The Deerfield Massacre”? ¡ Why remember this event? ¡ What artifacts would reveal a “more complete” picture? ¡ How do our inferences differ from history?

YOUR ASSIGNMENT ¡ In a well-constructed paragraph, with a heading and title, answer the following: In regards to the artifacts and the Deerfield Raid, about how close to (or how far from) facts were your group’s inferences? § Use: § Strong vocabulary § Complete sentences § EVIDENCE ¡ Use the website, “Raid on Deerfield: Many Stories of 1704”