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Monument to Indian killer stirs controversy again
Wednesday, April 7, 2004

Officials in Milford, Pennsylvania, have decided to resurrect a monument to a white settler who bragged about killing 99 Indian men, women and children and allegedly wished it were an even 100.

Tom Quick and his family were among the early settlers of Lenape Nation territory. After allegedly watching his father scalped by members of the tribe, he vowed to kill as many as possible.

A monument to Quick was erected in Milford in 1908. The original 9-foot-tall zinc obelisk contained an inscription that read "Maddened by the death of his Father at the hands of the savages, Tom Quick never abated his hostility to them until the day of his death, a period of over forty years."

The monument was vandalized in 1997 and plans to put it back up in 1999 were stopped due to protests by Lenape descendants. The town, after gaining "approval" from the "Cree Nation," has decided to resurrect it with a plaque explaining that "Many stories have been written about Tom Quick but there is not enough documented evidence to separate truth from fiction."

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Century later, 'Indian slayer' memorial again sparks controversy (AP 4/6)

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