Wyoming Massacre

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event in the American Revolutionary War massacre

The Wyoming Massacre was a brutal 1778 American Revolutionary War attack in Pennsylvania’s Wyoming Valley, where British-allied Loyalist and Iroquois forces killed many American settlers.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Wyoming Valley massacre	2
Wyoming Massacre canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	event in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ massacre ⓘ
aftermath	burning and destruction of many Wyoming Valley settlements ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Wyoming NERFINISHED ⓘ Wyoming Valley Massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Butler's Rangers NERFINISHED ⓘ Connecticut settlers in the Wyoming Valley ⓘ Iroquois warriors ⓘ King's Royal Regiment of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ Loyalist forces ⓘ Patriot militia ⓘ Seneca warriors NERFINISHED ⓘ
cause	British strategy to disrupt American frontier settlements ⓘ frontier conflict between Patriots and British-allied Iroquois ⓘ
combatantSide	British side ⓘ Iroquois side NERFINISHED ⓘ Patriot side ⓘ
commander	Cornplanter NERFINISHED ⓘ Gi-en-gwa-tah (Sayenqueraghta) NERFINISHED ⓘ John Butler NERFINISHED ⓘ Nathan Denison NERFINISHED ⓘ Zebulon Butler NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemoratedOn	annual ceremonies at Wyoming Monument ⓘ
conflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	July 3, 1778 ⓘ
describedAs	attack on American settlers in the Wyoming Valley ⓘ mass killing of Patriot militia and settlers ⓘ
followedBy	Sullivan Expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEffect	increased anti-Iroquois sentiment among American colonists ⓘ prompted Continental Congress to authorize punitive expedition against Iroquois ⓘ
historicalRegion	Connecticut Western Reserve claims in Pennsylvania ⓘ
locatedIn	Luzerne County, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ Pennsylvania ⓘ Wyoming Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
memorial	Wyoming Monument NERFINISHED ⓘ
memorialLocation	Wyoming, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	brutality against prisoners and fleeing settlers ⓘ high number of Patriot casualties ⓘ
partOf	American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ Iroquois theater of the American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	raids and skirmishes in the upper Susquehanna Valley ⓘ
relatedWork	poem "Gertrude of Wyoming" by Thomas Campbell NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	decisive British and Loyalist victory ⓘ
topicOf	numerous historical studies of frontier warfare ⓘ
typeOfConflict	frontier raid ⓘ irregular warfare engagement ⓘ
year	1778 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wyoming Valley → hasHistoricalEvent → Wyoming Massacre ⓘ

Cherry Valley raid → relatedEvent → Wyoming Massacre ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wyoming Valley massacre

Pennsylvania frontier → event → Wyoming Massacre ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wyoming Valley massacre