Mr. Brungardt declined to go, and Nicholas Schamne of Graf was appointed in his place. Upon their return with favorable consensus of the new land, they began preparations for their journey to, yet another new country. With Nicholas Schamne as their guide, a large group of colonists left Herzog, Neu-Obermonjour, and Graf, arriving in Bremen by way of Tambow, Koslow, Grijasi, Smolensk, Witebak, Wershbolow, Eydtkuhnen, and Berlin. Their ship was the Ohio of the North German Lloyd. Nicholas Schamne had made an agreement with the Atchison, Topeka, and Sante Fe, to purchase land for two dollars an acre on the plains where Herzog was founded and where Victoria, Kansas is presently located.
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