High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Jane McCrea (sometimes spelled McCrae or MacCrae, 1752 – July 27, 1777) was a young woman who was purportedly slain by Native Americans associated with the British army of Lieutenant General John Burgoyne during the American Revolutionary War. Affianced to a Loyalist serving in Burgoyne`s army, her slaying led to expressions of outrage and an increase in Patriot military recruiting, especially in the days following her killing.