38 ies of the victims of the massacre are buried, and erecting a suitable monument to their memory. Kev. Sylvester Walle, resident Moravian minister, was made president, and Lewis Peter, treasurer of the society. It was provided that any person paying annually the sum of one dollar, should be consider ed a member of the society, or if any one paid the sum of ten dollars, he should be granted a life membership. The money thus raised from membership fees, constituted fund for the preservation of the grounds and the erection of the monument. Not until 1871 did the society secure sufficient capital to contract tor the erection of a monument. The funds in the hands of the treasurer in that year reached the sum of $1300. A monument to cost $2000 was contracted for and the remaining $700 was raised by subscription. The dedication took place at Gnadenhutten. Wednesday, June 5th, 1872. The stone is Indiana marble; the main shaft which is one solid stone weighing fourteen tons rises 25 feet above the base, and the entire height of the monument is 37 feet. The south side bears this inscription: ■‘HereTriumphed in Death Ninety Christian
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