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ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

AUGUST 5:

 1812 Brownstown Michigan Tecumseh 1768-1813 defeats Americans at Brownstown, cutting General Hull's supply line; Chief of the Shawnees.

1763 Bushy Run Pontiac defeated by the British at Bushy Run.

1689 Lachine Quebec Band of 1,500 Iroquois surround the village of Lachine during a violent thunderstorm and set fire to the houses; they then massacre 24 inhabitants and kidnap 90; 42 of the 90 are never seen again; they also kill about 200 more settlers and capture 100 in raids in the vicinity.
 

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