Village of Gnadenhutten, Ohio   Save
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Description: This is a photograph of the village of Gnadenhutten, Ohio in the County of Tuscarawas. Lead by missionary Rev. David Zeisberger, this village was settled in 1772 as a mission for the Delaware Indians. In 1781, they were ordered to abandon the village and move to northern. They settled on the Sandusky River, but it was too late in the year to plant crops. After a winter of starvation in 1781-1782, a group was sent back to Gnadenhutten in March 1872 to harvest any crops they could find. On March 8, the group was attacked by the militiamen who mistakenly thought they were the ones responsible for attacks on Pennsylvania settlements. The Christian Delawares were placed in two abandoned buildings, one for the men and one for the women. They were told that they would be executed in the morning. The Christian Delawares spent the night singing and praying. In the morning, the soldiers took them to a cabin in pairs and killed them. In all, twenty-eight men, twenty-nine women and thirty-nine children were murdered. There were only two survivors, who informed the Moravian missionaries and the other Christian Indians about what had occurred. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F01_005_001
Subjects: Gnadenhutten (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio); Moravian Church; American Indians; Religion
Places: Gnadenhutten (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)