[[File:October 8, 1763 memorial monument, Egypt, PA.jpg|thumb|right|Monument to some of those killed during the Whitehall massacre on October 8, 1763.]]On October 8, 1763, during [[Pontiac’s War]], a war party of about 20 Native Americans attacked several homes in [[Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania]]. They killed a militia captain (Captain Jacob Wetterholt) and about 23 civilians,<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Brief_Account_of_Murders_by_the_Indians/9UNCAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Mickley, Joseph J. ”Brief Account of Murders by the Indians: And the Cause Thereof, in Northampton County, Penn’a., October 8th, 1763.” T. W. Stuckey, printer, 1875.]</ref> raiding and setting fire to homes before fleeing.<ref>[http://digitalpaxton.org/works/digital-paxton/the-pennsylvania-gazette—october-13-1763?path=newsprint ”Pennsylvania Gazette,” October 13, 1763, Philadelphia]</ref> Dozens of local residents took refuge in Fort Deshler during this attack.<ref name = “History”/>{{rp|103-113}} One report states that at that time, the fort had “twenty men in arms,” although these were probably not soldiers.<ref name=”Forts”/>{{rp|174}}<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-call-1763-indian-massacre-in/68066651/ “1763 Indian Massacre in Whitehall Township, Northampton, Pennsylvania Colony,” ”Allentown Morning Call,” Sun, Aug 2, 1931, Page 4]</ref> These men pursued the Indians but lost them, then recovered two injured girls, one of whom had been scalped.<ref name = “History”/>{{rp|104}}
[[File:October 8, 1763 memorial monument, Egypt, PA.jpg|thumb|right|Monument to some of those killed during the Whitehall massacre on October 8, 1763.]]On October 8, 1763, during [[Pontiac’s War]], a war party of about 20 Native Americans attacked several homes in [[Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania]]. They killed a militia captain (Captain Jacob Wetterholt) and about 23 civilians,<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Brief_Account_of_Murders_by_the_Indians/9UNCAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Mickley, Joseph J. ”Brief Account of Murders by the Indians: And the Cause Thereof, in Northampton County, Penn’a., October 8th, 1763.” T. W. Stuckey, printer, 1875.]</ref> raiding and setting fire to homes before fleeing.<ref>[http://digitalpaxton.org/works/digital-paxton/the-pennsylvania-gazette—october-13-1763?path=newsprint ”Pennsylvania Gazette,” October 13, 1763, Philadelphia]</ref> Dozens of local residents took refuge in Fort Deshler during this attack.<ref name = “History”/>{{rp|103-113}} One report states that at that time, the fort had “twenty men in arms,” although these were probably not soldiers.<ref name=”Forts”/>{{rp|174}}<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-call-1763-indian-massacre-in/68066651/ “1763 Indian Massacre in Whitehall Township, Northampton, Pennsylvania Colony,” ”Allentown Morning Call,” Sun, Aug 2, 1931, Page 4]</ref> These men pursued the Indians but lost them, then recovered two injured girls, one of whom had been scalped.<ref name = “History”/>{{rp|104}}
