26 were still determined to break up the Christian Indian settlements on the Tuscarawas, for they continued to consider them an obstacle in their way; but they did not succeed until the crisis of the Revolution had passed. In August, 1781, a band of one hundred and forty Wyandot warriors, forty Monseys and some Ottawas and Mohicans, under Pike. Half King, Wingmind, two Shawanese, ’Captains John and Thomas Snake. Kuhn, a white man. then a chief, and Capt. Elliot, a British officer, with two other white men, appeared at Salem and remained a week in council. They called the missionaries and converted Indians of Gnadenhutten, Schoenbrunn and Salem to meet at Gnadenhutten. and made known their intention of removing them to Sandusky and Detroit. This they at first urged as a measure of safety. Some of the bolder spirits refused to go, while the more timid expressed a willingness to do so. It soon became evident that force would be used in case of refusal to go. The question of killing the missionaries was considered, but did not meet the approval of a sufficient number to be carried into effect. The Chistian Indians were forced to leave their
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