“Peske-ompsk-ut; or, The Falls Fight”

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This booklet is reprinted from material in the Turner’s Falls, Massachusetts, newspaper, The Turners Falls Reporter. It gives an account of the May 19, 1676, attack on an Indigenous encampment at Peskeompskut (now Turners Falls.) Capt. William Turner led a group of more than 100 English soldeirs  to the encampment in a surprise attack where it was estimated that between 300 and 400 Indigenous  women, elderly people, and children were killed. Forty-one colonists lost their lives, including Captain Turner.

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Item typeBooklet
PublisherTurners Falls Reporter
Date1875
PlaceTurners Falls, Massachusetts
TopicMilitary, Wars, Battles
Native American
EraColonial settlement, 1620–1762
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861–1877
EventAttack at Peskeompskut. May 19, 1676
MaterialPaper
Process/FormatPrinting
Dimension detailsProcess Material: printed paper, ink Height: 8.50 in Width: 6.00 in
Catalog #L98.025
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Peske-ompsk-ut; or, The Falls Fight. Turners Falls Reporter, 1875. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l98-025/. Accessed on October 10, 2024.

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