number of years the Grand Council of the Delawares; at one time Keeper
of the Archives of the Iroquois Confederacy; versed in the customs of
the aborigines; adapting himself to their mode of thought, and, by long
habit, a native in many of his ways;--no Protestant missionary and few
men of any other calling, ever exercised more real influence and
was more sincerely honored among the Indians; and no one, except the
Catholic evangelists, with whom the form of baptism was the end of
their work, exceeded him in the frequency and hardships of his journeys
through the wilderness, the numbers whom he received into the Church
of Christ, and brought to a consistent practice of Christianity, and
conversion of characters most depraved, ferocious and desperate." "Nor
must we look upon Zeisberger as a missionary only; he was one of the
most notable pioneers of civilization our country has ever known. * * *
Thirteen villages sprang up at his bidding, where native agents prepared
the way for the husbandman and the mechanic of the coming race." "He was
not only bold in God, fearless and full of courage, but also lowly of
heart, meek of spirit, never thinking highly of himself. Selfishness was
unknown to him. His heart poured out a stream of love to his fellowmen.
In a word, his character was upright, honest, loving and noble, as free
from faults as can be expected of any man this side of the grave."*

* "Life and Times of David Zeisberger", by Rt. Rev. Edmund
de Schweinitz.--

He died at Goshen, Ohio, Nov. 17th, 1808, having labored among the
Indians for sixty years.

Like Spangenberg, Peter Boehler's story belongs to the whole Moravian
Church, rather than to the Georgia colony. His time was divided
between England and America, in both of which spheres he labored most
successfully. Jan. 10th, 1748, he was consecrated bishop at Marienborn,
Germany. After Zinzendorf's death he helped frame the new Church
constitution, and in 1769 was elected to the governing board of the
entire Unitas Fratrum. He died in London, April 20th, 1774, having been
there for a year on a visitation to the English congregations of the
Moravian Church.

Chapter VII. Conclusion.

Later Attempts in Georgia.

1740.

May 18th, 1740, John Hagen arrived in Savannah. He had come over
intending to go as missionary to the Cherokees, and his disappointment
in finding that the Moravians had abandoned Georgia is another example
of t