Spafford Farm massacre

Spafford Farm Massacre
	Part of the Black Hawk War
	; Monument near South Wayne, Wisconsin.
Date	June 14, 1832
Location	Near present day South Wayne, Wisconsin
Result	British Band victory
Belligerents
United States	Kickapoo; those aligned with Black Hawk's British Band
Strength
6	unknown
Casualties and losses
4 killed	1 killed

The Spafford Farm massacre, also referred to as the Wayne massacre, was an attack upon U.S. militia and civilians that occurred as part of the Black Hawk War near present-day South Wayne, Wisconsin. Spafford Farm was settled in 1830 by Omri Spafford and his partner Francis Spencer.

Before the war started they made numerous improvements to the parcel of land. On June 14, 1832 five men were attacked by a Kickapoo war party, three whites were killed instantly, including Spafford. In total at least one Native and four white settlers were killed in the action. Two men managed to escape. One mistakenly feared for days that Fort Hamilton had been captured, before finally seeking refuge there. The incident at Spafford Farm eventually led to the Battle of Horseshoe Bend (also known as the Battle of Pecatonica).