Yellow Creek massacre

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The Yellow Creek massacre was a 1774 killing of several Mingo people, including relatives of the leader Logan, by colonial settlers on the Ohio frontier, an incident that helped ignite Lord Dunmore’s War between Virginia and Native American nations.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Yellow Creek massacre canonical 7
Yellow Creek incident 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
massacre ⓘ
conflictInvolved Mingo people ⓘ
colonial American settlers ⓘ
countryAtTime Colony of Virginia ⓘ
describedIn accounts of Lord Dunmore’s War ⓘ
early American frontier histories ⓘ
followedBy Lord Dunmore’s 1774 military campaign into the Ohio Country ⓘ
Native American raids on Virginia frontier settlements ⓘ
hasAlternateName Greathouse massacre ⓘ
Yellow Creek incident ⓘ
hasCause tensions between colonial settlers and Native Americans in the Ohio Country ⓘ
hasContext British colonial expansion into the Ohio Valley ⓘ
pre-Revolutionary frontier conflicts ⓘ
hasDate 1774 ⓘ
hasEffect Logan’s War ⓘ
linked to: Logan's Lament

Logan’s retaliation against Virginia settlers ⓘ
escalation of frontier violence ⓘ
outbreak of Lord Dunmore’s War ⓘ
hasEthnicContext violence between Anglo-American settlers and Native Americans ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance catalyst for Lord Dunmore’s War ⓘ
hasLocation Ohio Country ⓘ
Yellow Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ
near present-day Hancock County, West Virginia ⓘ
hasParticipant Daniel Greathouse ⓘ
Logan (Mingo leader) ⓘ
hasPoliticalContext governor Lord Dunmore’s policies in Virginia ⓘ
hasTypeOfViolence ethnic violence ⓘ
frontier vigilantism ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay United States ⓘ
West Virginia-Ohio border region ⓘ
numberOfVictims at least 8 ⓘ
partOf Lord Dunmore’s War ⓘ
perpetrator Daniel Greathouse ⓘ
Virginia frontiersmen ⓘ
precededBy increasing settler encroachment on Native lands ⓘ
relatedTo Logan’s Lament ⓘ
linked to: Logan's Lament

speech attributed to Logan ⓘ
tookPlaceAt a trading post on Yellow Creek ⓘ
tookPlaceNear Fort Pitt region ⓘ
Ohio River ⓘ
victim Logan’s brother ⓘ
Logan’s family members ⓘ
Logan’s other relatives ⓘ
Logan’s pregnant sister ⓘ
Logan’s sister ⓘ
Mingo people ⓘ
relatives of Logan ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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

Lord Dunmore’s War → significantEvent → Yellow Creek massacre ⓘ
Logan (Mingo leader) → associatedWith → Yellow Creek massacre ⓘ
Yellow Creek massacre → hasAlternateName → Yellow Creek incident ⓘ
linked to: Yellow Creek massacre
Tah-gah-jute → associatedWithEvent → Yellow Creek massacre ⓘ
subject linked to: Tah-gah-jute (Logan)
Tah-gah-jute → familyKilledIn → Yellow Creek massacre ⓘ
subject linked to: Tah-gah-jute (Logan)
Tah-gah-jute → spouseKilledIn → Yellow Creek massacre ⓘ
subject linked to: Tah-gah-jute (Logan)
Tah-gah-jute → childrenKilledIn → Yellow Creek massacre ⓘ
subject linked to: Tah-gah-jute (Logan)
Tah-gah-jute → soughtRevengeAfter → Yellow Creek massacre ⓘ
subject linked to: Tah-gah-jute (Logan)