Zeisberger  soon  removed,  haising  been  invited  by  the
Delaware  chiefs,  and  presented  by  them  with  a  beautiful  tract
of  land  on  the  Muskingum,  near  the  confluence  of  the  Tusca-
rawas with  Whitewoman's  creek.  Here,  with  a  party  of  five
families — twenty-eight  persons,  from  Friedenstadt,  he  fixed
and  built  Schoonbrun,  "  the  Beautiful  Spring."  They  were
soon  joined  by  241  persons  from  the  Susquehannah.  Several
new  towns  were  founded,  the  most  considerable  of  which  were
called  Lichtenau,  Friedenheuten,  and  Salem.
Feuds  arose  among  the  Indians,  by  which  the  missionaries
were  in  continual  danger.  The  jealousy  of  the  chiefs  also  op-
erated now,  as  in  the  time  of  Elliot,  against  the  preaching  of
the  gospel.  But  the  most  powerful  man  of  the  Delawares,
Captain  White-Eyes,  a  person  of  great  and  good  qualities,  was
convinced  of  the  importance  of  civilization.  He  saw  how
much  better  off  were  the  Europeans,  and  even  the  christian
Indians,  than  were  his  owoi  people.  Christianity,  he  regarded
as  the  principal  cause  of  the  great  difference.  And  when  the
aged  chief  Netawatwees,  with  Captain  Pipe,  a  noted  war-chief,
and  others,  joined  in  determining  to  expel  the  religious  teachers


1770.
War  be-
tween the
Senecas  and
Cherokees.
May  3.
The  Moravi-
ans found
Friedenstadt
at  the  mouth
of  Beaver
Creek.
ITTl.
March  5.
1773.
April  14.
Settlement

begun  on  the

Muskingum.
1774.
Nov.  6.
The  excel-
lent chief,
White  Eyes,
takes  a  no-
ble stand.
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BRIGHT   PROSPECTS    OVERCAST.
PART  IV.
PERIOD  I.
CHAP.     II.
1T75.
The  Dela-
wares,  as  a
nation,  de-
termine to
receive  the
gospel.
1776.
April.
Zeisberger's
Delaware
spelling-
book  com-
pleted.
Revolution-
ary war
changes

their  pros-
pects.
ITTT.
August.
The  Half-
king  visits.
The  Indian
tribes  deter-
mine to  root
out  the  Mo-
ravians.
August.
17§1.
