Hunt-Swartwout Raid was a 1756 massacre against colonial settlers in northwestern New Jersey during the French and Indian War ( 1755 – 1763 ) . In the 18th century , the upper valley of the Delaware River was a sparsely populated wilderness frontier . In 1756 , a party of five men from the Lenape tribe from the valley of the Susquehanna River crossed the Delaware River near Dingman 's Bridge into New Jersey and proceeded on foot to the homes of local militia officers Richard Hunt , Anthony Swartwout , and Daniel Harker . The Lenape braves ransacked and burned the settler 's homes , killing Anthony Swartwout and several members his family , and kidnapped members of the Hunt and Swartwout households , who were held captive for several years
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Hunt-Swartout raid