Talk:Northkill Amish Settlement

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Does anyone have a Hochstetler family book available to check the "Indian Attack" section for plagiarism? I see to remember similar wording coming from Harvey Hostetler's account. Unfortunately, I don't have my book with me right now. Thanks, DivusFilius 03:15, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

2 questions.
1. Did the battles mentioned have any relationship to the Connecticut Yankee incursion into Pennsylvania in about 1754-ish (the Susquehannah Company and the Delaware Company)? 2. Was this the place called "Nordkill"? Thank you for your time, Wordreader (talk) 19:28, 28 March 2015 (UTC)


 * The attacks were part of the general war that came to be known as the French and Indian War. They happened all along the edge of the Blue Mountain in PA, and even down into Virginia. They were not directed at the Amish particularly, but any white settler was a potential victim. The Amish just happened to be the closest settlers to the mountain. Many historians figure the war was really a European war for control of the American continent, but the native Americans were dragged into the conflict on the French side because of grievances with the colonists on the coast. The Yankee incursion could have had an impact, but myself I dont think that particular event by itself would have set off the war. It was just one grievance among many, until the natives had enough. The French paid the natives for scalps taken from the English colonies.


 * Nordkill may have been another name, more Dutch-like. Kill was a Dutch word for "creek" or "river." A number of rivers/creeks in the area have a -kill suffice, i.e. Schuylkill. Mikeatnip (talk) 02:25, 29 March 2015 (UTC)