| 2 | 1704 | - 29 Feb 1704: Deerfield Massacre
The Raid on Deerfield, also known as the Deerfield Massacre, occurred during Queen Anne's War when French and Native American raiders attacked the English colonial settlement of Deerfield, Massachusetts, just before dawn. They burned parts of the town and killed 47 colonists. The raiders left with 112 colonists as captives, whom they took overland the nearly 300 miles to Montreal; some died or were killed along the way because they were unable keep up. Roughly 60 colonists were later ransomed by their associates, while others were adopted by Mohawk families at Kahnawake and became assimilated into the tribe. In this period, English colonists and their Indian allies were involved in similar raids against French villages along the northern area between the spheres of influence.
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1703 - 1707 (4 years)
