What were the Paxton Boys known for?

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Jewettg · Answer 1 · 2021-05-28T15:19:28+0000

The Paxton Boys were frontiersman of Scottish Ulster Protestants origin from along the Susquehanna River in central Pennsylvania who formed a vigilante group to retaliate in 1763 against local American Indians in the aftermath of the French and Indian War and Pontiac's War.

JMaylin · Answer 2 · 2021-06-02T11:41:12+0000

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The Paxton Boys were known as a vigilante group who had been responsible in murdering twenty Native Americans. This event is sometimes referred to as the Conestoga Massacre.

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