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David Zeisberger (1721-1808) was once the top of a bunch of Moravian missionaries that settled within the top Ohio Valley in 1772 to minister to the Delaware country. His diary deals an unprecedented insider's view of Indian society during periods of either warfare and peace.

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It is not clear who first proposed in 1778 to build a fort on the Muskingum for the protection of the Delaware. During the second half of 1777 the isolation of the Delaware in the Ohio region increased. FDO, 93–95. , 97). , 100). The first unequivocal proposal to build a fort in the Delaware settlements in these dire times seems to have been made by General Hand in his letter dated 1 Oct. 1777. , 113). Shortly thereafter the tensions eased, which accounts for Zeisberger’s letter cited above. In a letter accompanying White Eyes’ message of 19 July 1778, Zeisberger explained White Eyes’ plea for help thus: ‘‘he wisheth an army might come out now—the sooner the better, for its high time.

The Treaty of Greenville accomplished what Virginia, with the Treaty of Lancaster, and what Sir William Johnson and the colonies of Pennsylvania and Virginia, with the Treaty of Fort Stanwix, had hoped to accomplish in 1768: a clear and undisputed title to the Ohio region as a land open to white settlers. 3. The Ohio Region as Mission Country missionary activities in the ohio region before 1772 and concepts of christian mission The Moravians were not the first missionaries to settle in the Ohio region.

Until the conclusion of the Treaty of Greenville in 1794, the events of the 1760s in many respects repeated themselves. The Treaty of Greenville accomplished what Virginia, with the Treaty of Lancaster, and what Sir William Johnson and the colonies of Pennsylvania and Virginia, with the Treaty of Fort Stanwix, had hoped to accomplish in 1768: a clear and undisputed title to the Ohio region as a land open to white settlers. 3. The Ohio Region as Mission Country missionary activities in the ohio region before 1772 and concepts of christian mission The Moravians were not the first missionaries to settle in the Ohio region.

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