Massacre of the American prisoners, at French-town, on the River Raisin, by the savages under the command of the British Genl. Proctor, January 23d., 1813.
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- Title
- Massacre of the American prisoners, at French-town, on the River Raisin, by the savages under the command of the British Genl. Proctor, January 23d., 1813.
- Date
- 1813]
- Notes
- Gruesome depiction of the attack on the wounded American prisoners by their Native American captors. In the foreground, a group of Native American men scalp and hack at bloody American soldiers. Details in the print imply British responsibility for the incident: the blade of a scalping knife is labeled with the British royal cypher “GR,” and an empty British camp is seen in the background.
- Names and Subjects
- Indians of North America--Pictorial works.
- Massacres--1810-1820.
- Atrocities--1810-1820.
- Scalping--1810-1820.
- Prisoners of war--1810-1820.
- River Raisin, Battle of the, Monroe, Mich., 1813--Pictorial works.
- Historic events.
- Prints shelf.
- United States--History--War of 1812--Pictorial works.
- ID
- 140
- Barcode
- B5941614
- Physical Description
- 1 print : engraving, colored ; 31.3 x 41.2 cm.
- Repository
- William L. Clements Library
- Date Added/Updated
- 2016-01-06 00:09:28
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- Collection
- William L. Clements Library Image Bank
- Image Size
- 5008 x 3627
- File Size
- 4 MB
- Record
- 140
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-140/wcl000213
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"Massacre of the American prisoners, at French-town, on the River Raisin, by the savages under the command of the British Genl. Proctor, January 23d., 1813.". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-140/wcl000213. In the digital collection William L. Clements Library Image Bank. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. May 13, 2025.