| Draper's Meadow Massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of French and Indian War | |
 Reconstructed 18th-century pioneer cabin on Smithfield Plantation, near the site of the Draper's Meadow Massacre in Blacksburg, Virginia. | |
 Location of Draper's Meadow settlement in 1755 | |
| Location | Draper's Meadow, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37°22′59″N 80°42′59″W / 37.38306°N 80.71639°W |
| Date | July 8 or 30, 1755 |
Attack type | Mass murder |
| Deaths | 4 killed |
| Injured | 2 wounded |
| Victims | European settlers |
| Assailants | Shawnee warriors |
The Draper's Meadow Massacre was an attack in July 1755, when the Draper's Meadow settlement in southwest Virginia, at the site of present-day Blacksburg, was raided by a group of Shawnee warriors, who killed at least four people including an infant, and captured five more.[1] The Indians brought their hostages to Lower Shawneetown, a Shawnee village in Kentucky. One of the captives, Mary Draper Ingles, later escaped and returned home on foot through the wilderness. Although many of the circumstances of the massacre are uncertain, including the date of the attack, the event remains a dramatic story in the history of Virginia.[2]
- ^ "Drapers Meadow: Few traces remain of the site of a bloody 1755 Indian attack". The Roanoke Times. Archived from the original on 2013-12-01. Retrieved 2013-11-30.
- ^ Brown, Ellen A. (2012). "What Really Happened at Drapers Meadows? The Evolution of a Frontier Legend" (PDF). Virginia History Exchange. Retrieved 18 December 2022.