58 he then had at the Gnadenhutten store of David Peter. David Johnson and a Mr. Sills settled in the valley soon after. Rev. David Jones at New Comerstown—in the year 1773, Rev. David Jones, a Presbyterian minister, was sent out from Philadelphia city to the Scioto and Muskingum valley, with the view of establishing a mission. On his arrival at Schoenbrunn, he found Zeisberger had planted colonies along the . Tuscarawas, and as they gave evidence of success, Jones proceeded on south and spent some time among the Shawanese, but found no encouragement among them. He therefore returned to the Tuscarawas valley to New Comerstown. Here the Indians were holding a great feast and dance in which whisky, procured from traders, was the,, principal performer. Very naturally they were in no m ood to listen to sermons, and refused to give Mr. Jones permission to ' preach. They shut him up in one of the huts and but a guard around it, and some proposed to kill him, put one of their chiefs, called Killbuck, interfered and saved his life. The festivities over, they listened to the
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