Contributions to the Early History of the North West Including the Moravian Mis
Contributions to the Early History of the North West Including the Moravian Mis
Samuel P Samuel Prescott Hildreth
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KINDNESS OF COLONEL GIBSON. In the Summer of 1779 Colonel Gibson, the commander of Fort Laurens, gave the mission- 110 EARLY HISTORY OF THE NORTH-tfEST. aries an invitation to remove with their congre- gations to the fort, or to settle in its vicinity. This kind offer they declined, for the reason that the war was always most violent near the forts. SALEM BUILT. In the year 1780 the robberies, outrages, and drunkenness of the savages about Lich- tenau became so great, that it was thought best t...o abandon it and build a new town five miles below Gnadenhutten, which they called Salem, or the City of Peace. Accordingly, on the thir- tieth of March the last meeting was held here, and all the congregation united in praising God for the many blessings received at that place. The chapel was pulled down, according to their usual custom when abandoning any settlement, probably to prevent its profanation by the heathen savages, or to prevent its being ap- plied to any other use. The congregation embarked Avith their effects in canoes, and pro CHEERING APPEARANCE OF THE CHURCH.
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