Title: Murder in their hearts : the Fall Creek massacre /
Authors: Murphy, David Thomas, 1960-
Publisher: Indiana Historical Society Press,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Massacres Indiana Madison County History; Indians of North America Violence against Indiana Madison County History; Pioneers Indiana Madison County History; White people Indiana Madison County History; Frontier and pioneer life Indiana Madison County.; Trials (Murder) Indiana Madison County History; Madison County (Ind.) Race relations History; Madison County (Ind.) Race relations Political aspects History; Madison County (Ind.) Biography.; Madison County (Ind.) History
Abstract: In March 1824 a group of angry and intoxicated settlers brutally murdered nine Indians camped along a tributary of Fall Creek. The events that followed sparked a national sensation.
Contents: Slaughter : the morning of March 22, 1824 -- "Into the deep and silent forest" : Native life behind the Northwest frontier -- Murder in their hearts : settlers and killers in early Madison County -- Damage control : state and settlers after the killings -- One kind of justice -- Aftermath : the great cave of memory.