ted. But pure and commendable as were, no
doubt, the motives which governed them, in their intercourse with
either party, yet they were so unfortunate as to excite the enmity and
incur the resentment of both, and eventually were made to suffer,
though in different degrees, by both.

In the fall of 1781, the settlements of the Moravians were almost
entirely broken up by upwards of three hundred warriors, and the
missionaries, residing among them, after having been robbed of almost
every thing, were taken prisoners and carried to Detroit. Here they
were detained until the governor became satisfied that they were
guiltless of any offence meriting a longer confinement; when they were
released & permitted to return to their beloved people. The Indians
were left to shift for themselves in the Sandusky plains where most of
their horses and cattle perished from famine.[18]

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[1] Col. Reuben T. Durrett, in his _Centenary of Louisville_,
p. 47, says that Louisville at this time consisted of Clark's
original block house, with eighteen cabins, on Corn Island, at
the head of the rapids; a small fort at the foot of Third
street, erected by Col. John Floyd in 1779; "a large fort on
the east side of a ravine that entered the Ohio at Twelfth
street, and a few rude log cabins scattered through the woods
near the Twelfth street fort, all occupied by one hundred
inhabitants, who had cleared and cultivated garden-spots around
their humble cabins."--R. G. T.

[2] The expedition was sent out by Maj. A. S. De Peyster,
then British commandant at Detroit. It was headed by Capt.
Bird, with whom were Simon, James, and George Girty. The force,
as rendezvoused at Detroit, consisted of 150 whites, and 100
Indians from the Upper Lakes; they carried two cannon. They
were joined on the Miami by Capt. McKee, deputy Indian agent,
and a large party of Indians, making the force of savages
amount to 700.--R. G. T.

[3] The original destination was Louisville, but en route
the Indian chiefs compelled Bird to first proceed against the
forts on the Licking.--R. G. T.

[4] A station was a parallelogram of cabins, united by
palisades so as to present a continued wall on the outer side,
the cabin doors opening into a common square, on the inner
side. They were the strong holds of the early settle