162: Pennsylvania's Massacre of the Conestogas w/ Jack Brubaker - A True Crime History Podcast

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Erik Rivenes

True Crime, History, Education

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In 1763 Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the last surviving members of the Conestoga Indian nation, numbering less than two dozen (mostly seniors and children), were housed in the town's workhouse and under protection of local authorities. Just days after their arrival a group of Scots-Irish vigilante frontiersmen known as the "Paxton Rangers" rode into Lancaster, found them and slaughtered them all, meeting no resistance from the Indians' supposed protectors.

My guest, Jack Brubaker, a long-time Lancaster investigative journalist, columnist and historian. He shares how the brutal attacks unfolded, and explains how the complex political climate in Pennsylvania halted any justice for the murdered. His book is called "Massacre of the Conestogas: On the Trail of the Paxton Boys in Lancaster County".

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0:00.0	On this episode of the most notorious podcast, the 1763 massacre of the Conestogus.
0:10.0	But he had to go away knowing that everybody was being killed behind him in the cold, in the dark,
0:17.0	and then to think he was safe, being protected by not only the older people in his group,
0:27.0	the conestogus who he's with, but by the county of Leicester and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
0:58.0	Welcome everyone to another episode of the most notorious podcast, I'm Eric Rivenes.
1:09.0	So glad you are here with me.
1:11.0	It is great to have as my guest today, Jack Rubekker.
1:16.0	He is a columnist and former investigative reporter for LNP, Lancaster Newspapers,
1:24.0	and the author of six historical books and working on a seventh.
1:29.0	The one he's here to talk about today is called Massacre of the Conestogus,
1:34.0	on the trail of the Paxton Boys in Lancaster County.
1:39.0	I appreciate you joining me today.
1:42.0	Thank you, I'm happy to be here.
1:44.0	So, is this a subject matter that you have been familiar with for a while?
1:51.0	Oh, I'd say about 40 years, I've been very familiar with it.
1:56.0	I've been doing my column now for over 40 years, and I got interested in the Conestogus Massacre
2:05.0	about the time I started running the column, and I have written about it many times,
2:10.0	and at one point, made all those columns side by side and said, wait a minute, there's a problem here.
2:17.0	I kept changing the story according to what I had read, and I should go back to the beginning
2:24.0	and find out what's really true, and that's what drove me to write this book.
2:30.0	So, tell us a little bit about Lancaster and the importance of these events that you write about to the city you live in.
2:38.0	Right, well first of all, let me correct you on the pronunciation of Lancaster.
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