While proceeding to the site of a prearranged meeting to discuss a treaty, they were set upon by about 200 Nipmuc warriors who, as Wheeler later wrote, “sent out their shot upon us as a shower of hail.”ĭespite what the marker says, the exact location of the ambush is not known with any certainty (see, for example, Jeffrey H. Hutchinson and Wheeler had with them a mounted force of about 20 men and three friendly Indians as guides. Tougias call this one of the war’s most devastating ambushes.

In their King Philip’s War: The History and Legacy of America’s Forgotten Conflict (Contryman Press, 1999), Eric B. Touch for a list and map of all markers in New Braintree. 1.4 miles away) Education – Business (approx. Miles away) New Braintree Veterans Monument (approx. 1.4 miles away) Entertainment & Industry (approx. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Marker is in this post office area: New Braintree MA 01531, United States of America. Marker is at the intersection of Barre Road (Massachusetts Route 67) and Daniel Whitney Road, on the right when traveling north on Barre Road. Marker is in New Braintree, Massachusetts, in Worcester County. A significant historical year for this entry is 1675. In addition, it is included in the Massachusetts Bay Colony-Tercentenary Commission Markers series list. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era Captain Thomas Wheeler was wounded but escaped.Įrected 1930 by Massachusetts Bay Colony-Tercentenary Commission. It is in New Braintree in Worcester County Massachusetts One mile to the southwest, off the North Brookfield Road, Edward Hutchinson’s company seeking a parley with the Nipmucs was ambushed by Indians August 2, 1675, and more than half were slain.

This historical marker was erected in 1930 by Massachusetts Bay Colony-Tercentenary Commission. Captain Thomas Wheeler was wounded but escaped. One mile to the southwest, off the North Brookfield Road, Edward Hutchinson’s company seeking a parley with the Nipmucs was ambushed by Indians August 2, 1675, and more than half were slain.

King Philip's War by Eric B. Schultz