seeking revenge for having been arrested and imprisoned at Fort Pitt in 1762 on charges of horse theft. He had escaped and plotted his revenge together with his father. After the massacre, a war belt was returned to Pontiac’s allied tribes in other regions of Pennsylvania and soon these tribes would lay siege to Fort Pitt. William Trent, then Superintendent of Fort Pitt, wrote on 29 May: "At Break of day this Morning three Men came from Col. Clapham's who was settled at the Oswegly Old Town about 25 Miles from here on the Youghyogeane River, with an account that Col. Clapham, with one of his Men, two women and a child were Merdered by Wolfe and some other Delaware Indians, about two o'clock the day before...The women that were killed at Col. Clapham's were treated in such a brutal manner that Decency forbids the Mentioning." An article in the Pennsylvania Gazette on 31 May stated: "There is most melancholy news here, the Indians have broke out in divers Places and have murdered Colonel Chapman (sic) and his Family; and two of our Men at the Saw-Mill just by the Ford, and scalps taken off each Man." On 2 May, 1764, Colonel Henry Bouquet drew up a series of demands on Native American tribes with whom he was negotiating for peace as part of the 1764 Treaty of Fort Niagara, including "that they deliver up the murderers of Clapham...to be put to death for their Crimes." William Clapham is buried in the cemetery at Trinity Cathedral in Pittsburgh. In popular culture There is a reference to "Captain Clapham" in an early version of the song Yankee Doodle'', printed in an undated broadside titled “The Recruiting Officer, Together with Yanky Doodle,” probably published between 1748 and before Clapham completed his service in Canada in 1754: Here's Father and I, for Canady, Likewise another Brother, And Seven more we leave on shore, For to take Care of Mother. Tho' I am young I do belong, To valiant Captain Clapham, I'll run my Chance and fight the French, And that’s the Way we’ll nab 'em. See also Father Le Loutre's War Raid on Dartmouth (1751) Fort Hunter Fort Halifax Fort Augusta External links In the Shadow of the King: Pontiac Stands Against the Tide of British Empire. Amateur archaeology finds in the area of Clapham's trading post. Maps of 18th century forts in