Raid on Lunenburg | |||||||
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Part of the French and Indian War | |||||||
![]() John Payzant (1749-1834)- taken captive for four years (age 6-10), Perkins House Museum | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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![]() Wabanaki Confederacy (Mi'kmaq and Maliseet) | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Lieut-Colonel Patrick Sutherland, Dettlieb Christopher Jessen | Charles Deschamps de Boishebert | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
30 | unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
5 killed, 5 prisoners[1] | none |
The Raid on Lunenburg occurred during the French and Indian War when Indigenous forces attacked a British settlement at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia on May 8, 1756.[2][3] The indigenous forces raided two islands on the northern outskirts of the fortified Township of Lunenburg, Rous Island and Payzant Island (present-day Covey Island).[4][5] The raiding party killed five settlers and took five prisoners. This raid was the first of nine that the Indigenous and Acadian forces conducted against the Lunenburg peninsula over the next three years of the war. The Indigenous forces took John Payzant and Lewis Payzant prisoner, both of whom left captivity narratives of their experiences.