History of the state of Ohio ... First period, 1650-1787.

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was clearly proved, they attacked him with opprobious language. After some hours' confinement, he was set at liberty.
Although the young woman reached Pittsburgh, the commandant there deemed it too late, or otherwise unadvisable, to
attempt a forcible rescue. It was a prudent decision, and
probably prevented a massacre of the missionaries and their
families.
On the 10th, the Indians resumed their outrages to such
a degree, that emigration seemed the desirable alternative. It was accordingly proposed to the congregations, who
sorrowfully assented. " But they never," says Loskiel, " forsook any country with more reluctance. They were now
obliged to forsake three beautiful settlements, Gnadenhutten,
Salem and Schoenbrun, and the greatest part of their possessions in them. They had already lost above two hundred
head of horned cattle, and four hundred hogs. Besides this,
they left a great quantity of Indian corn in store, above three
hundred acres of corn land, where the harvest was just
ripening, besides potatoes, cabbage, and other roots and garden fruits in the ground. According to a moderate calculation, their loss was computed at twelve thousand dollars or
two thousand pounds. But what gave them most pain, was
the total loss of all books and writings, for the instruction of
their youth. These were all burnt by the savages."
On the third day after their departure, they arrived at
Goschocking, where a short halt was made to hunt a tamed
buffalo cow, which was shot as it came to the river to drink.
Here Elliott left for the Scioto to meet 3McKee, greatly to
the relief of the Moravian teachers. They then ascended
the Walhonding, partly by water and partly along the banks
of that stream. On the 19th, two of their best canoes,
heavily laden with provisions were sunk in a violent storm