The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1859-07-14
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their friends advised a removal to the
Ohio, and who shall say with what heart
aches and pain they came to this concu-
sion, mono but God and they could
know"
There was another settlen ent Of Mora
Wars at Shesbequin. under the direction
of the Rev Mr. Rotbe. (said to be the
father of the Rev. Mr. Rhodes who after
wards was settled at Northum berland, Lu-
zerne County, who was said to have beeI
born while on this journey.) These two
settlements met at Wyalusing, and after
again dedicatiug themselves to the Most
High, and partaking Of the Holy Com
muDion on the 9th day of June l772; oU
the llth of June, all being ready, the
Missionary in few solemn words re-
minded them Of the many great favors and
blessings received from G cd in this place,
and then Offering up praise and thanks
giving to Him, with fervent supplicatioG
for bis peace aud protection on their
journey. The company consisted Of 24f
persons; brother Etwain conducted those
who went by land, and brother Rothe by
water. TIE land party went over the
mountains and down the Muncy creek,
which they crossed tbirty-six times; but
they did not fail attending to their daily
worship Of their Maker. Fhe other pafs
ty went down the Susquehapna to North
cumberland, and thence up tho West
Branch to the Crest Island, where the
two parties met. There they left their
canoes and went over the mountains to
what was then called the Ohio, now the
Allegheny river. In passing over the
mountains, they suffered everything that
man could suffer, and live; their way led
through a trackless wilderness, infested
with wild beasts, and worse than all else,
the rattlesnakes we're so thick that they
we're constantly in danger Of being bitten
by them; and q great portion of their
goods had to be carried on their backs.
The Children, too, had to be carried;
some died under their suHefI0gs-ons
poor cripple. 10 or / years old, whose
mother had taken in basket most Of the
way. On the Allegheny they uade ca
noes and Aoated down the river until, ON
the fifth of August, they came to Fried
enstadt. now in Beaver county, where they
found friends and fellow Christians under
the teaching of the Rev. Mr.. Zeisberger;
here they rested until the next year, when
they all removed to Muskingum 10 1913,
under the charge of the Rev. Mr.. Heck
welder and Rev John Rothe. Now whsg
was the cause of all tbisl The Indians
strove to live in peace with all. If a
white man called on them be was fed and
cared for free of charge, and so were the
Indians treated in like manner; this call
ed up jealous feeling between the whites
and Iroquois Indians--each suspecting
that the Moravivns we're friendly to the
other. Ardent spirits, that bsne Of the
red man and curse of the white, began to
be introduced among them. These, and
the desire to live in peace. undoubtedly
caused their removsl But who shall
tell the sad fate that awaited these poor
suffering Cbristainized Indians in their
new homel Historians seem very Will
ing to bury it in eternal oblivion: but
there is record Oh high that will De read
before an assembled world at the last
great day.
The author of Historical RocolleetioBs
of Pennsylvania, says: The Historian
willingly drops the curtain upon the
scenes which they encountered in their
new residence" Mr.. Miner says, THE
fate of these poor creatures at nearly the
close of she Revolutionary War, | am
glad it is not my painful duty to record"
We may we'll say with Mr.. Jefferson,
'indeed I tremble for my Country when
l think that God Is just and that his JUS
tice will not always sleep"
They were pursued to their new home
in 1882, driven into their meeting house,
tied together. and while uBitiDg in the
praise of the Most High God, men. wo-
men, aud children were committed to
the FIRE and perished all together; and
this, too, after the professcd Christian
white people bad taken two or three days
to consult and consider upon it. But the
heart sicksns and the hand trembies while
attempting to record this horrible trans
action, and may God in His mercy for
give this nation for The sins We have
committed against humanity, and shame
forever shut our mouths
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