assisted in packing them up, and emptied all their beehives for these pretended friends."

In the mean time one of the assistants, John Martin by name, went to Salem, ten miles distant, and carried the good news that a party of whites had come from the settlements to earry then to a place of safety and give themn protection. The Salem Indians," says the same narrative, "did not hesi tate to accept of this proposal, believing nnanimously that God had sent the Americans to release them from their disagree able situation at Sandusky, and imagining that when arrived at Pittsburg they might soon find a safe place to build a set- tlement, and casily procure advice and assistance from Bethlehem."

Some of the whites expressed a desire to sec the village of Salem, were conducted thither, and reeeived with much friend ship by the Indians. conversation with their unsuspecting companions, feigning great piety and discoursing subjects. moving their effects.

In the mean time the defenceless Indians at Gnadenhütten On the way they entered into spiritual on many religious and scriptural They offered also to assist the Salem Indians in were suddenly attacked, driven together, bound with ropes, and confined. As soon as the Salen Indians arrived, they met with the same fate.

The murdercrs then held a council to decide what should be donc with them. By a majority of votes it was decided to kill them all the next day. To the credit of bumanity be it recorded, that there were in this band a few who remonstrated deelared that these Indians were innocent and harmless, and should be set at liberty, or, at least, given up to the Govern- ment as prisoners. Their remonstrances were unavailing, and, finding that tlhey could not prevail on these monsters to spare the Indians' lives, "they wrung their hands, calling God to witness that they were innocent of the blood of these Chris