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Great Cove massacre
Part of the French and Indian War
Location of Great Cove settlement in the Province of Pennsylvania, 1755
LocationGreat Cove (present day McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania)
Coordinates39°55′58″N 77°59′46″W / 39.93278°N 77.99611°W / 39.93278; -77.99611
Date1 November 1755
Attack type
Mass murder
Deaths7-32 killed[1]: 597–99 
VictimsEuropean settlers living on Native American land
AssailantsLenape and Shawnee warriors

The Great Cove massacre was an attack by Shawnee and Lenape warriors led by Shingas, on the community of Great Cove, Pennsylvania (sometimes referred to as Big Cove, modern day McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania in what was, at the time, Cumberland County) on 1 November 1755, in which about 50 settlers were killed or captured. Following the attack, settlers returned to the community to rebuild, and the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania began constructing a chain of forts and blockhouses to protect settlers and fend off further raids. These forts provided an important defense during the French and Indian War.[2]: 218 

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Koontz was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Sipe, Chester Hale. The Indian Wars of Pennsylvania: An Account of the Indian Events, in Pennsylvania, of the French and Indian War, Pontiac's War, Lord Dunmore's War, the Revolutionary War and the Indian Uprising from 1789 to 1795; Tragedies of the Pennsylvania Frontier Based Primarily on the Penna. Archives and Colonial Records. Telegraph Press, 1931.

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