y our ancient constitution.

"God willing, I shall soon follow you, and only wait until He opens
the way for me. Our dear Elder (Spangenberg) will quickly return from
America, and in his absence I commit you to the mighty grace of God.

Your brother and servant,
Lewis Count v. Zinzendorf.

"At this time one of the Elders at Herrnhut. November 27th, 1734.

"'He everywhere hath way,
And all things serve His might, etc.'"

That these sensible and liberal instructions were not fully carried out
is at once apparent, especially in the two points of free transportation
and settlement in a quiet, secluded spot. The inability of the Trustees
to grant their request for the first, burdened the Moravian colonists
with what was, under the circumstances, a heavy debt, while the location
of Zinzendorf's five hundred acre tract was responsible for their
failure in attaining the second.

When Gen. Oglethorpe planned the fortifications and defense of Savannah
in 1733, he decided to erect a small fort on the Ogeechee River, some
miles south, in order to command one of the trails by which the
Indians had been accustomed to invade Carolina. This "Fort Argyle" was
garrisoned with a detachment of rangers, and ten families were sent from
Savannah to cultivate the adjacent land. The tract selected in London
for Count Zinzendorf, was to lie on the Ogeechee, near Fort Argyle, an
excellent place from which to reach the Indians in times of peace, but
the worst possible location for noncombatants when war was threatening.

Spangenberg urged the survey of the five hundred acre tract as often
and as strongly as he dared, but from various causes, chiefly rumors
of Indian incursions, the expedition was deferred until Aug. 22nd, when
Spangenberg, Toeltschig, Riedel, Seifert, Rose, Michael Haberland, and
Mr. Johnson, the Trustees' surveyor, prepared to start on their toilsome
journey, going by boat, instead of attempting to follow the circuitous,
ill-marked road across the country, impassable to pedestrians, though
used to some extent by horsemen.

At one o'clock in the morning of Aug. 23rd the seven men embarked,
taking advantage of the ebbing tide, and made their way down the
Savannah River. It was very dark, the Moravians were unaccustomed to
rowing, and Mr. Johnson, who steered, went to sleep time after time, so
when they accidentally came across a ship riding at anchor they decid