The Massacre at Fall Creek
The Massacre at Fall Creek

Author: Jessamyn West

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P

Published: 1975

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9780151578207

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A dramatic, sweeping saga of life on the Indiana frontier in 1824, based on actual historical events. The Fall Creek Massacre was a unique occurrence-the first recorded instance of whites being formally charged with murder for killing Indians. Five whites were accused, tried by jury, convicted, and executed. West uses this historical record as the source for a fictional account of the events of the massacre and trial.

Murder in Their Hearts
Murder in Their Hearts

Author: David Thomas Murphy

Publisher: Indiana Historical Society

Published: 2012-12-01

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 0871953021

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In March 1824 a group of angry and intoxicated settlers brutally murdered nine Indians camped along a tributary of Fall Creek. The carnage was recounted in lurid detail in the contemporary press, and the events that followed sparked a national sensation. Murder in Their Hearts: The Fall Creek Massacre tells that, although violence between settlers and Native Americans was not unusual during the early nineteenth century, in this particular incident the white men responsible for the murders were singled out and hunted down, brought to trial, convicted by a jury of their neighbors, and, for the first time under American law, sentenced to death and executed for the murder of Native Americans.

Slaughter at Goliad
Slaughter at Goliad

Author: Jay A. Stout

Publisher: US Naval Institute Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13:

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This book offers extensive research of what and why American prisoners were slaughtered in the fight of Texas' independence from Mexico. Presenting a historical background of Texas and Mexican history as well as the factors that led to the massacre, the author pays particular attention to the leadership on both sides during the revolution and deglamorizes the fight against Santa Anna's army while acknowledging the Mexican perspective.

Myth, Memory, and Massacre
Myth, Memory, and Massacre

Author: Paul Howard Carlson

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780896727076

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"Investigates the so-called 'Battle of Pease River' and December 1860 capture of Cynthia Ann Parker, contending that what became, in Texans' collective memory, a battle that broke Comanche military power was actually a massacre, mainly of women. Questions traditional knowledge and historiographic interpretations of the history of Texas"--Provided by publisher.

Massacre at Fall Creek
Massacre at Fall Creek

Author: Jessamyn West

Publisher: Turtleback Books

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780808581703

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Five white men stand accused of the murder of innocent, peaceful Indians - among them women and children. It is 1824, and Indiana is the Western frontier of a new nation where Seneca warriors stand ready to fall on fledgling settlements should white men's justice fail. In a powerful American saga fashioned from the sparse historical record, Jessamyn West creates characters - an appealing heroine, her lover, the attorney for the defense, an extraordinary Indian seer - who stand at the center of a maelstrom of human emotions: hate, devotion, revenge, compassion, and, above all, love. As the narrative sweeps from the crimes to the tension-packed trial and its strangely moving aftermath, the novel carries the reader to an awareness of undeniably modern implications of our historical past.

Road Trip
Road Trip

Author: Andrea Neal

Publisher: Indiana Historical Society

Published: 2016-11-01

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 0871953951

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The bicentennial of Indiana’s statehood in 2016 is the perfect time for Hoosiers of all stripes to hit the road and visit sites that speak to the nineteenth state’s character. In her book, Andrea Neal has selected the top 100 events/historical figures in Indiana history, some well-known like George Rogers Clark, and others obscured by time or memory such as the visit of Marquis de Lafayette to southern Indiana. These highly readable essays and photographs that accompany them feature a tourist site or landmark that in some way brings the subject to life. This will enable interested Hoosiers to travel the entire state to experience history at firsthand. Related activities and sites include nature hikes, museums, markers, monuments, and memorials. The sites appear in chronological order, beginning with the impact of the Ice Age on Indiana and ending with the legacy of the bicentennial itself.

Indiana History
Indiana History

Author: Ralph D. Gray

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 460

ISBN-13: 9780253326294

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These readings provide an overview of Indiana history based upon primary and secondary acounts of significant events and personalities. This treasure trove includes work by George Rogers Clark, Emma Lou Thornbrough, George Ade, Dan Wakefield, and many more.