136 Christian convert had saved the captive woman’s life, it was his duty as a Christian to prevent the taking of the chief's life, if possible. He then directed all to kneel, and he offered up a prayer of thanks for the rescue of one human being from death, and implored the divine interference to save even this self- determined murderer at the tree. His hearers acquiesced, and the brother, after setting his Indian victim free, returned with his comrades and his sister to their homes in Virginia. In after years, when the mission was broken up and the missionaries became prisoners. and were sent to Detroit, Zeisberger met the chief whose life he had saved, and during the time of his capture and exile from Schoenbrunn, the chief was by him converted to Christianity, and died in the Moravian faith at one of the missions of that sect. FROM MITCHINERS HISTORY. Story of the White Squaw’s Revenge:-At the time Fort Laurens was reduced to a garrison of one hundred men, in January, 1779, it will be recollected that the pack-horses bringing provisions in from Fort McIntosh, were stampeded by joyous firing of guns in the fort, and the horses and provisions, to a great
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