Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1843-12-01
No. 7.-WMOLE No. AVS


and even showed them whore lhev hau
sscrered iheJr propehy 10 The woods
Meanwhile John Martin. one Of ina
Indian assistants, went 10 Salem 10 10
torn the inhabitants Of tho arrival OF
the Americans. assuring them ihry hen
come az friends IN order TO conduct inc
Christian Indians 70 place Of sale'y.-
Those a, Salem received this InlsIh-
geOcs "uhun regret, pefs0ading "em'
selves that God. bv the instrumeona'ny
of The Amercaus, would release ih"m
from their dlsagresabe situation ana
fondy hoping that, bena once arfiVea
al Pittsburgh, they would not hnd az
fcuIt to form settlement in some con-
venipnl spot, and procure advice and as
sislanca from brthlehem. John Martin
having returned TO Goadsnhuuen, ac-
ousunlsd bath he Christian Indians ana
he Americsns with their resolu'loo.-
The lsusr having expressed desire 10
see Sa'em, party OF them was conduc''
&c thi,hsr and most Hospitality enter
t.ined. Hare they foignei the same
friendship as =! GnAdsnhut'so, and even
affected great piely. entering lOlo much
lQiouV Intercourse wIlh The Indians
Having BY ,bS.s hypocri!ica' arts com
pIssly succsedsd 10 dsceiVln2 the un'
suspsctlng Indians, they at once TIRE"
oil the mask. and displayed all The ND
so4s dslofml,y OF their rsaI characict'
They sujdsnIv attacked the poor Dc
fsnceI.0 inhabitants OF GnadenhutIen'
soized and bound them. Those coming
from Salem shared a similar iaie. Be-
| fore thew entered Gnadsnhul!en they
asrs surprised by their condrclor'' ron
bed OF ,heiT guns and even OF their pocE-
ct ko,ves, and brought bound into mo
setlemeat A councii Was hsid, and oy
plurality OF volss, it was resolved 10
mur4sr thsm all the uext day. Inc
lev who opposed this inhumsn ro'olu'
lion wfunP their hands, calling God 10
witness that they were innocent oil inc
bood Of these harmless lnd'ans. Dut
lhe msiprty remained iDhexibe, only
differing as TO the mods OF execution
Some proposed burning them alive, O'h'
eu scaIpinp them. The latter mode
wa. finally fixed upon. They then deG'
patched a messenger TO the prisoners
to tell them. that as .hev were Chr'sh'
ans. they nigh, prepare themselves 'or
death in a Chrisiian manner, Tor they
must oil die on The morrow.
I,may bs sS,lIy conceived that this
dreadful intelligence overwhelmed the
prisoners With horror. But, soon recol'
= ec'inV themselves, they patiently sub
e mt,ed 10 these blood thirsty tyran's.
Being SLOWED one nights respite, they
}. spent il in prayer and exhorilng one
. sno,her to be faithful until death. At
d the dawn Of the morning they united IN
! solemn hymns OF praise, in the Joy lul
0 hope that they shoIld enier into The
I orious presence Of God lhslr Saviour;
r ami JON the song Of the rAnsomsd be-
9 fore the throne Of the Lamb.
:, When the day Of execution March
D sihl arrived, the murdcres fixed upon
d twu houses; one for ths men, tho other
e for tho women and children; to which
h they gave the name OF slaughter houses.
= The carnage Immediately commenced; /;
and lhese poor innocent people, men,
, women and children, being bound with
ropes, TWO and two together, wsre led
, into the houses, and there sea ped aud
murdered. BY this act OF the most van.
e ton barbsrity, 9j persons finished their
u earthly existence. among whom ihere
were five valuable assistants in the mis-
n sion, and 81 children According TO the
4 testimony Of the murdsrers themselves,
n they displayed uncommon patience, aud
, me, death with a cheerful rssignslion,
O and in lutl assurance Of Q glorious rss'
e direction 10 life eternal.
n ltsppears from all the circumsiancsS
e attending this bloody catastrophe, they
Is were moi murdered because they wers
d Christians. but merely because they
II we're Indians We cannot, therefore,
o compare them with the martyrs oi the
II primitive church, who died for their
r testimony OF Jesus; hut this we may
, confidently affirm that they met death,
!, even in the most formidable shape, with
= all the meekness and furtilude OF ChTlsrS
!. true disciples. and TO the end OF IhsiT
o lives bore witness to the truth and eff
cscy Of the Gospel. Their very mur-
y. derprs acknowledged that they we're
good Indians. For" said they, "they
! sang and prayed to their latest breath.
, Only two youths escaped this dread
n ful massacre, and that in a manner al
4 most miracu'ous The one fortunately
o diseDguged himself from his bonds, and
unobserted crept through narro" WIN
dow into The cellar ot one OF tho siaUgh'
ter houses. Here he soon observed the
' blood drop through the floor and run IN
streams INTO the cellar; which makes 1t
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