Murder in their hearts
Subtitle: a story of the Fall Creek massacre
By: David Thomas Murphy.
Publisher: Indiana Historical Society Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Indianapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 142
ISBN-13: 9780871952851
Subjects: Massacres -- Indiana -- Madison County -- History -- 19th century; Indians of North America -- Violence against -- Indiana -- Madison County -- History -- 19th century; Pioneers -- Indiana -- Madison County -- History -- 19th century; Whites -- Indiana -- Madison County -- History -- 19th century; Frontier and pioneer life -- Indiana -- Madison County; Trials (Murder) -- Madison County -- History -- 19th century; Madison County (Ind.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century; Madison County (Ind.) -- Race relations -- Political aspects -- History -- 19th century; Madison County (Ind.) -- Biography; Madison County (Ind.) -- History -- 19th century
Genres: Biography
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Slaughter : the morning of March 22, 1824; title: "Into the deep and silent forest" : Native life behind the Northwest frontier; title: Murder in their hearts : settlers and killers in early Madison County; title: Damage control : state and settlers after the killings; title: One kind of justice; title: Aftermath : the great cave of memory.