On July 30 ( or July 8 , according to John P. Hale and Letitia Preston Floyd ) , 1755 , during the French and Indian War , a band of Shawnee warriors ( then allies of the French ) raided Draper 's Meadow and killed six settlers , including Mary 's mother and her infant niece . They took five captives , including Mary and her two sons , her sister-in-law Bettie Robertson Draper , and her neighbor Henry Lenard ( or Leonard ) . Mary 's husband was nearly killed but fled into the forest
raided Draper 's Meadow
Draper's Meadow massacre
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