Schoenbrunn and Gnadenhutten grew and prospered, and soon another settlement was established at Salem, the site of which is a- bout three-fourths of a mile from Port Washington. The year 1774 brought trouble to the mis: sionaries and their settlements at Schoen-. brunn and Gnadenhutten. A war broke out between the white settlers of Virginia and the Mingo, Wyandot and Shawanese tribes dwelling on the north side of the Ohio. War parties came and hovered around the missions,, so that the few white people living there were constantly in danger of their lives, and. dare not leave their houses. The peril of the missionaries became so great that their Indian converts guarded their homes day and night. The Christian Indians and the Delawares exerted all their influence to bring the war to a close and establish peace. They were the, objects of suspicion from the Virginians and from the hostile tribes. This border war lasted throughout the year, but a peace was finally concluded, and the year 1775 found the mission station of the Tuscarawas again prosperous and happy. During the troubles of 1774. New Comers-
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