Document Spotlight-Moravian Indians on the Move

Recently, transcriber Rw1500 brought us a document detailing the movements of a band of Moravian Indians. In what appears to be an intelligence report, the group of approximately 100 men, women, and children had crossed Lake Erie headed for a site they had previously lived on. Too late to settle and raise crops before Winter, the Moravians opted instead to settle temporarily on the Cuyahoga River. The writer, Josiah Harmon, reports that these Indians were known to be friendly to the United States.

Harmon also reports movements of another group of Indians, made up of members of Ottawas and Chippewas. That band was headed north to purchase land near Quebec.

Read the original document here: http://wardepartmentpapers.org/scripto/mediawiki/index.php/.MTY2OA.NDU5Mjg.

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