Raid on Dartmouth (1749)

Raid on Dartmouth (1749)
Part of Father Le Loutre's War

Plaque to Raid on Dartmouth (1749) and the blockhouse that was built in response (1750), Dartmouth Heritage Museum
DateSeptember 30, 1749
Location
Result Mi'kmaw victory
Belligerents
Mi'kmaw militia
Acadian militia
British America
Commanders and leaders
Major Ezekiel Gilman[1]
Strength
40 Mi'kmaq 6 British
Casualties and losses
3 killed 4 killed, 2 wounded

The Raid on Dartmouth (1749) occurred during Father Le Loutre's War on September 30, 1749 when a Mi'kmaw militia from Chignecto raided Major Ezekiel Gilman's sawmill at present-day Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, killing four workers and wounding two. This raid was one of seven the Wabanaki Confederacy and Acadians would conduct against the settlement during the war.

  1. ^ Salusbury (2011), pp. 164–165.