First Magdalena massacre

First Magdalena massacre
Location Magdalena de Kino, Sonora, New Spain
Modern Day: Magdalena de Kino, Sonora, Mexico
Date November 3, 1757
Attack type
Mass murder
Deaths 31
Non-fatal injuries
unknown
Perpetrators Seri

The First Magdalena massacre was an attack by Seri Native Americans against the Spanish mission village of Magdalena de Kino, in the present day northern Mexico. The attack occurred on November 3, 1757 and was the first of two massacres at the town. The second attack came almost exactly nineteen years later in November, 1776. Not much is known except for the deaths of thirty-one men, women and children, as well as Jesuit missionaries.

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References

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  2. Cooper, Evelyn S., 1995, Tucson in Focus: The Buehman Studio. Arizona Historical Society, Tucson. (ISBN 0-910037-35-3).
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  4. Drachman, Roy P., 1999, From Cowtown to Desert Metropolis: Ninety Years of Arizona Memories. Whitewing Press, San Francisco. ISBN 1-888965-02-9.

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