35 were thought to be hostile, and some murders committed on the Mohican by unknown Indians had a tendency to arouse suspicion aganist them. The Indian settlement remained under the care of Rev. Abram Luckenbach until the year 1823. Intercourse with the white population in the neighborhood was gradually .sinking them into deeper degradation, and it was found impossible to keep their morals free from contamination. This may or may not be true. It may have been that the condition of the Indians suffered in comparison with the more vigorous progress and spirit of the Caucasian, while the Indians seeing themselves’ outnumbered. may have become more taciturn and morose. At any rate, close contact with the European was unwholesome for them. Although the Ohio Legislature had passed laws forbidding the sale of intoxicants to the red men, yet they began to fall victims to the vice of Intemperance. Drunken Indians frequently were seen at the county seat, or at their village at Goshen. Their condition became miserable. From the large portions of their lands which they had leased out, the
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