West Jeddore, Nova Scotia
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West Jeddore is a community of the Halifax Regional Municipality in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia
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, on July 22, 1722, Governor Richard Philipps
commissioned Capt. John Elliot and Capt. John Robinson in two sloops with regiments to protect the fishery at Canso, Nova Scotia
and retrieve the New England prisoners. There was a Mi'kmaq camping place at near-by West Jeddore
. There were thirty-nine natives at Winnepang (present-day Jeddore Harbour) who were harbouring prisoners in seven vessels. Capt. Elliot and Bradstreet arrived in the harbour and attacked the natives. There was a two hour naval battle. Bradstreet led a boarding party that overwhelmed the natives with hand grenades and disciplined fire. Capt. Elliot was badly wounded as were several of his men. Five of the men were killed.
As the Mi’kmaq tried to swim ashore to escape, the New Englanders opened fire on them. Thirty-five Natives were killed. The New Englanders managed to rescue fifteen prisoners from the vessels, while discovering that nine had been killed.
Only five native bodies were recovered from the battle and the New Englanders decapitated the corpses and set the severed heads on spikes surrounding Canso's new fort.
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
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Battle at Winnepang (Jeddore Harbour)
Immediately after the declaration of Dummer's WarDummer's War
Dummer's War , also known as Lovewell's War, Father Rale's War, Greylock's War, the Three Years War, the 4th Indian War or the Wabanaki-New England War of 1722–1725, was a series of battles between British settlers of the three northernmost British colonies of North America of the time and the...
, on July 22, 1722, Governor Richard Philipps
Richard Philipps
General Richard Philipps was said to have been in the employ of William III as a young man and for his service gained the rank of Captain in the British army. He served at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 and made the rank of Lt. Col. in 1712.In 1717 he was appointed Governor of Nova Scotia by...
commissioned Capt. John Elliot and Capt. John Robinson in two sloops with regiments to protect the fishery at Canso, Nova Scotia
Canso, Nova Scotia
For the headland, see Cape Canso.Canso is a small Canadian town in Guysborough County, on the north-eastern tip of mainland Nova Scotia, next to Chedabucto Bay. The area was established in 1604, along with Port Royal, Nova Scotia. The British construction of a fort in the village , was instrumental...
and retrieve the New England prisoners. There was a Mi'kmaq camping place at near-by West Jeddore
West Jeddore, Nova Scotia
West Jeddore is a community of the Halifax Regional Municipality in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.- Battle at Winnepang :...
. There were thirty-nine natives at Winnepang (present-day Jeddore Harbour) who were harbouring prisoners in seven vessels. Capt. Elliot and Bradstreet arrived in the harbour and attacked the natives. There was a two hour naval battle. Bradstreet led a boarding party that overwhelmed the natives with hand grenades and disciplined fire. Capt. Elliot was badly wounded as were several of his men. Five of the men were killed.
As the Mi’kmaq tried to swim ashore to escape, the New Englanders opened fire on them. Thirty-five Natives were killed. The New Englanders managed to rescue fifteen prisoners from the vessels, while discovering that nine had been killed.
Only five native bodies were recovered from the battle and the New Englanders decapitated the corpses and set the severed heads on spikes surrounding Canso's new fort.