Author: David Zeisberger

Publisher: Theclassics.Us

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 9781230438160

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ... sight of us that none could escape; they dared not remain behind, they must go forth with us. Indeed, many of our Indian brethren, who always had an inclination for the savages, and were of the opinion we should all go off to them, felt now the}r had nothing good to expect, and began to perceive that they hadwished and sought what was bad for themselves, and began now to regret it, but too late. We came on September 14th, to Goschachgunk (Coshocton), encamping on the Walhonding, from which place we broke up on the 16th, and followed up this creek northwards. Many brethren went by land, others again by water, just as they could get on. It was a good thing for our sisters with the children that they could go by water, for by land it would have been hard indeed for them to travel such a long, bad, unbroken way, for here one must expect no such travelled and good road as to Pittsburg. We continued our services, and had them nearly every evening, even if the brethren could not always come together for night-quarters, and the warriors, who went with us, commonly lay a little distance from us. The 18th. Since it rained very hard last night, and the creek was swollen, we had to go, huts and all, away from the creek to higher ground, since we were in danger of overflow. Two canoes with their whole lading were swept away by the stream, and the brethren lost all they had, for they sank to the bottom. This concerned us too, for in one of the canoes were many of our things, all of which we lost, and before this i8t much was left us. A child, two years old, that died yesterday, was here buried. On the 19th, came to us the Half-King with the Wyandots from Salem, where they had passed the time, and not only completed the plundering of our towns, but had...