The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-05-24
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r,o Centennial Of u memorable ever
.@ho som,uemora,cd to-day Mt the villag
.IGnalenhu,,cn, on the Panhandle raj
,o,l pcar the presen. town Of uricllsvillt
Tn.r,,awas Co., Ohio. We refer to til
,"...acrc Of the SO Atonvinn Christian III
Ji,ps Il, that spot in 1877, during the Rev
" ","';o~,,v War. That terrible occurrence
:, ono NJ the loalesi blols on the carly his
,ory II our border II was both II bl.ndc
~i a"i A. crime, and rs lonyas it lives in son,
ar rI s,ory may well cause tho cheek OF thu
S White race TO mantle witt, shame. Thu
.,o,y Of The decd is long one, but the fol
lowing isabriei.nmmnry ofitsmain points
,n ,bs ,v,tua Of ISL, the British, who
a., IN ", ,.,,,iouei at Detroit, and Half King
TS's T,'. With p ii, tribe Of Indians ut Sandusky
'...El.,y"r,J .E 10 induce the missionaries and
Wv CIti,Mn Indians in tho Tuscarawas
iGJ i:"Hsr 10 leave their settlements ut Gnad'
o,Luiirn, Shoenbrunn, and Salem, and
;n;n lht British iorrcSat Detroit. Refusing
n do This, the missionaries llcckweldei
and Zsisbevrr together with all their con.
y"y,. @ consisting Of hundreds OF Christian
indians, were captured and taken to Dc.
tOt As the poor Indians were without
proyisiOns tjr the winter, over one hundred
oiihpm obtained lcayc from their captors
10 return to Gnadenlutten and there
ga.her the corn which they had raised
tbat yPar to bring buck to Detroit and
relieve the sulrrings Of their famish.
jur brethren. At the time these
CI,is,iau Indians started for Gnadcnhut-
fen on their humane mission party Of
ssyages were sent By the British TO lnur-
der and pIlnder the white settlers along
The Ohio and ruscarawas Valley in order to
thereby arouse the frontierslnen and In.
ducc them to wreak their vengeance on the
inuocra, Christian Indians Mt Guadenhut.
ten. luFebruars, l1S2, band Of these saw
ayes Observation-Disclosures, murdered in
cold blood the family OF William Wallnce
in Pennsylvania, and lied toward the Mo.
rAyian towns on the Tusclrslwas. When
near,hc OAioriver they hung the mutilated
and naked bodies OF Mrs. Wallace and one
child OH trees near the trail which they
knew the party OF whites pursuing them
would follow. When these sarayes arrived
Vt tGnadenhutlen they found the Moravians
gathering their corn and 1T once told them
Of what they had Just committed. The
Christian indians became alarmed aud
euttea,ed the savages to leave their
town as they did not wish to protect
mlnlcrers, and thereby cnll down the
vengeance Of the whites. Before leaving
the town the savages traded the dress
Of llrs. Wallace to young and thought
less Slonvlan girl for provision. Eirly in
March Colonel David Williamson, in com.
mand Of about ninety settlers, started from
Minso Bottoms, near where Steubenville
ao@ stands, and marched toward Gnaden-
huttrn for the purpose OF wreaking ven
geance on the Mortvans, whom they sus.
pec,e,i were guilty OF the recent depreda.
tons on the whites. On the 9Th OF March
Captain Willamson's command encamped
one mile from Gnadenhultcn. The Mora
ylans hnd fixed March I ns the day for
starting to carry taccorn they had gathered
% thelr brethren at Detroit. In the morn
Ing detachment Of Williamson's men
mes young halt-breed Moravian named
Shehosh, rs they were nearing the town,
and Murdered him in cold blood. Two
other drlarhmen,s were sent to Shocn.
brlnn and Salem, and the Morayians ut
that place were induced TO give up their
arms by The professions Of friendship
shown them by the whites, and all were
brought to Gnadenhutten where, after they
were disarncd, they were confined in II
large building used rs II general shop by
the tloravians Colonel Williamson then
drew his men up in line and had IL vote rs
10 whether the Moravians should be taken
captive to Fort Pitt or be butchercd. Onl,
eighteen men in the whole command Of
about one hundred voted TO spare thei
lives, and the decision was murder. Again
and again tho poor Moravians plead
@ their innocence OF the crimes charged
against them, but the finding Of Mrs. Wal
laces dress in their possession was consid
cred abundant evidence OF their guilt, ant
tho relhandcd murdcrcrs in Colonel Will
iamson's party cried for their blood. Tht
Indians were taken two by two from tn.
building and led 10 the door OF another
snop' and, as they were about to enter thu
doorway, Il soldier concealed inside deal
,llc poor victim blow with II heavy NAL
ie', crushing his skull, and scattering Iii
bllns acroSs the floor. In this cruel man
ner these Christian Moravian Indians wer
put TO death, and innocent women, chill
dTen, and infants ut the breast iell victim
10 the bloodiest OF massacres in the annal
Of thewhoe country. After these barbat
laas hid butcliered in cold blood ninety
four helpless victims, they piled them il
heaps and set them on fire, ind for man
y.ears the whitened bones OF these Chris
'Ian Indians lay bleaching in the sun unit
some Of their brethren finally buried then
IN two mounds, midway between whicI
green, grassy mounts Il monument 10 thes
victims now stands, erected June 5, lS7(
anu bearing the following inscription
ileTe triumphcd in death ninety.six Mora
wan Christian Indians, March S, l7S2."