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The GnaairDI.utteH MasSa.

CbCs
We published last week the proceed
lngs Of tine GnadenhUUen Monument So
clety, he Object OF which Is 10 erect
some appropriate Monument 10 com
memorale the Massacre Of 96 Chr,tisn
Indians, VINO were captured and butch
cred on the sie of the ancient Indian
village Of GnhdeChuten on the 8,h o.
March, A. d. l7e2, Az many of our
readers may not be familiar with the
history OF that horrid ,rsRedy We ex
tract itom Holmes History Of the Mis-
slons Of the United Brethren, the follow
ing account, GNsdenhuurn is hut IL
mics rom New Phi.adeIphis and Gosh
en-, whore IL the humble grave Of Zels-
berger, the MorA.ian Missionary to the
Indians, Is only three miles and imme
dIaIely on tho OHIO Canal. Those
places possess peculiar interest, on ac
| count OF the remirlsccnces connected
with them, and are frequently visited By
the trHVciler. An esteemed friend " no
possesses all the necessary records al
hand, kindly promised 10 furnish Tor our
paper number OF Br,cleS, deiailing
some Of tho most interesting incidents
connected with lhe Moravlan MISSION to
the lndianS al those places, and should
he find suffiarent leusuFs to cUmply, We
feel assured, they viii be read with
pleasure and profit by all our readers -
Lutheran Standard
"AbOIl this TINS the governor Of Pits
bUrgh released those Christian Indians
who, together with the missionary She
bosh, hNd been taken prisoners by lh'
amprlcuDs This act OF common justice
greatly incensed The white people. VIII,
represented the Indians as u set Of Can
antics, That ought TO DO exlirpaled from
the faco OF tEe earth. Having hesrC
that parties Of Christian Indians from
SGndusky camo occasionally 10 Ihe Mus
kingum, TO fetch provisions, about l6(
Of these ruffiaos formed plot 10 surprls,
them, DESTROY the settlements, and lheT
proceed To Sandusky and murder lh,
'esI OF the congregation. As soon a.
Colonei Gibson, al pIpsburgh, received
intelligence Of this inirrnHl plot he sen
information Of il TO tho Muskingum, II
warn the Indians Of their dsngsr; bu
the messenger arrived TOO late. Our
Indian. indeed had received timely no
tice Of danger from another quarter, but
contrary to Their usual canton and Tint
dity, paid NO regard to the Information
supposiDP that they now had nothing L
fear from The Americans.
In this instance their confidence wa
fatally misplaced Early in March
1852, the murderrrs approached Gned
enhutlsn. About a mile from the settle
ment they INST young Shebosh, Tho sol
ol the missionary, fired al and soUndec
him so severely, thst he wac unable tc
escape. lie than, according to their
own account. begged for his life, repre-
senting ths, he was the son Of white
man. Regardless of his enlreN,irs, thsy
cut him in pieces with their hslches -
Proceeding onward they reached the
plantations where many Indians were
al work. They accoslsd them 10 friend
ly terms, and desired them to 90 home,
promising that no one should modest
them They pretended 10 pity them
on account OF their past tuGerlDgs, and
assured them o. the protection and
/ friendship oi the Americans Tho Chris
llan Indians, ignorant Of The murder Of
yoOng Shebosh believed Si they said,
and treated them IN the most hospllnbIe
manner. And when ordered BY these
murderets not 10 return TO Ssndusky,
but 10 goto Plrsburgh, they submitted
with resignation, hoping that God, in
his providence, would by this means put
J O stop 10 their suIarings. Plspossesssd