f north-west of Port Washington. In
the autumn the Moravian villages were in general charge of
Zeisberger, who traveled from one to the other; Gottlob
Senseman being in charge of New Schoenbrunn, Edwards of
Gnadenhuetten, and Heckewelder of Salem. It will thus be seen
that at the time of the massacre, the Moravian villages were
wholly in the valley of the Tuscarawas.--R. G. T.

[17] Zeisberger and Heckewelder kept Brodhead continually
informed, by letters, of the movements and councils of the
hostiles. The position of the missionaries was one of exceeding
delicacy, but the voluminous correspondence between them and
Brodhead proves that the former were steadfast friends of the
American colonies, and did effective service throughout the
several years of disturbance on the frontier.--R. G. T.

[18] Brodhead's successful expedition against the Coshocton
Indians, in April, 1781, led to preparations for a retaliatory
foray. Headed by the renegade Capt. Matthew Elliott, a party of
about 250 Indians,--mostly Wyandots, with chiefs Half King,
Pipe, Snip, John and Thomas Snake, and others--assembled at
Gnadenhuetten, for a talk with the Moravian teachers,
preparatory to an expedition against Wheeling. They arrived
August 17, and Zeisberger at once secretly sent a message of
warning to Ft. Pitt, which threw the frontier into alarm, and
caused the garrison at Wheeling to be fully prepared when the
enemy appeared. A boy whom the Wyandots captured outside of
Wheeling told them of Zeisberger's warning, and when the
unsuccessful war party returned to Gnadenhuetten (Sept. 2),
vengeance was wreaked on the Moravians. The town was sacked
that day, and the missionaries were kept as prisoners for
several days. Finally they were released (Sept.6), on promise
that they remove their converts from the line of the warpaths.
September 11, the Moravians and their teachers left Salem in a
body, with but few worldly goods, for most of their property
had been destroyed by the Wyandots. They proceeded down the
Tuscarawas to the mouth of the Walhonding, thence up the latter
stream and Vernon River, and across country to the Sandusky,
where they arrived October 1, and erected a few huts on the
east bank of th