20 ware Nation took up the hatchet to join in in the conflict, the national assistant proposed and insisted on having the following addition- al rules added, namely: 19. No man inclining to go to war—which is the shedding of blood, can remain among us. 20. Whosoever purchases goods or articles of warriors, knowing at the time that such have been stolen or plundered, must leave us. We look upon this as giving encouragement to murder and theft. Any person desiring to live in the community was requested to promise to conform strictly to the above rules. In case any person violated them, he or she was first admonished and reprimanded and if that proved ineffectual the offender was expelled. Other rules were adopted as the circumstances encumbent on the growth of the community ‘ demanded. Gnadenhutten.—The absence of Zeisberger from Big Beaver soon induced the Indians at that place to abandon their settlement in order to join the settlers on the Tuscarawas. A portion traveled across the country under
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