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PP-P.781.138
22 Dec 1781:32 (11/823)
Extract of a letter dated Fort-Pitt, Nov. 22. I am glad of
this opportunity to give you an account of the taking of the
three Moravian Indian congregations. [22 lines describing
council held with the Wiondats] In answer to this the old
men told them, that it was impossible for them to move at
this time and leave their corn behind, for they and their
children would perish with hunger in the wilderness. The
Wiondats immediately began to kill their hogs and cattle,
and destroyed every thing that came in their way. All night
they danced the war dance and made a most shocking noise.
. . . [106 lines reporting rampages of the Indians]
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