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Mountain Meadows Massacre. 1857. Paiute Indians and Utah Mormons kill 137 Arkansas emigrants en route to California.
Muses. Nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne that preside over the areas of knowledge: Calliope-epics, Clio-history, Erato-love poems, Thalia-comedy, Melpomene- tragedy, Terpsichore-dance, Euterpe-music, Polyhymnia-sacred poems, Urania-astronomy.
My Lai Massacre. 1968. US troops kill all residents of Vietnamese village. Calley.
Noncooperation Movement. 1920-22. Ghandi’s non-violent protest in India. Amritsar Massacre.
Palladium. Sacred image of Athena protecting Troy. Stolen by Odysseus.
Peterloo Massacre. 1819. Peaceful Manchester demonstration for parliamentary reform suppressed by cavalry. 500 casualties. Ultra tories limit freedom of press, assembly.
Pottawatomie Massacre. 1856. John Brown’s abolitionists kill 5 pro-slavery settlers.
Preemption Act. 1841-91. US law allowed squatters on government land to buy 160 acres. Homestead.
Quantrill, William. 1837-65. Confederate guerilla leader of 1863 massacre at Lawrence, Kansas.
Red River Colony. 1812 Selkirk. Wars vs Métis -1821. 1836 Hudson Bay Co. 1870 =Manitoba. Riel. Seven Oaks.
Sacre Coeur. Paris basilica built 1873-1910 by Abadie, at a cost of FF40 million.
Sacred Wars. 6-4C BC. Greek city-states, for control of of shrine at Delphi.
Sand Creek Massacre. 1864. Settlers ignore truce flag, kill Cheyenne Indians. = Chivington Massacre.
Sanskrit. Ancient, now sacred Hindu language.
September Massacres. 1792. Paris. 1200 prisoners killed by revolutionaries in 4 days. French Revolution.
Seven Oaks Massacre. 1816. Northwest Company. agents kill 20 settlers in Red River rivalry with Hudson Bay Company. Settlement destroyed.
Sicilian Vespers. 1282. Aragon-inspired massacre of French in Sicily. Aragon takes control.
Sidmouth, First viscount. 1757-1844. British Prime Minister 1801-4. Treaty of Amiens. Peterloo Massacre.
Simony. Trading in church offices, sacred objects. Banned by Council of Chalcedon 451, and in England since Edward VI.
Six Acts. 1819. Suppressed Radicals after Peterloo.
Smyrna. =Izmir. 3000BC Greek city in Turkey. 600BC Lydian. 4C Greek 1425 Ottoman. 1920-2. Greeks occupy, massacre.
St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre. 1572. Catherine de Medici has 2000 Huguenots killed by Charles IX.
St Brice’s Day Massacre. 1002. Ethelred orders killing of Danes in England.
St-Germain-L’Auxerrois. 13-15C. Church by Louvre gave signal for Massacre of St-Bartholomew.
Stair, First earl. 1648-1707. Scottish under-secretary of state to William III. Approved Glencoe Massacre.