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Fort Pitt until the end of 1781. At the time that 

 General Sullivan ravaged the country of the Six 

 Nations, he had led a force up the Alleghany and 

 created a diversion by burning one or two Iroquois 

 towns. In 1781 he led a successful expedition 

 against a town of hostile Delawares on the Musk- 

 ingum, taking it by surprise and surrounding it so 

 completely that all within were captured. Sixteen 

 noted warriors and marauders were singled out and 

 put to death. The remainder fared but little better, 

 for, while marching back to Fort Pitt, the militia 

 fell on them and murdered all the men, leaving only 

 the women and children. The militia also started to 

 attack the Moravians, and were only prevented by 

 the strenuous exertions of Brodhead. Even this 

 proof of the brutality of their neighbors was wasted 

 on the missionaries. 



The first blow the Moravians received was from 

 the wild Indians. In the fall of this same year 

 ( 1781 ) their towns were suddenly visited by a horde 

 of armed warriors, horsemen and footmen, from 

 Sandusky and Detroit. Conspicuous among them 

 were the Wyandots, under the Half King ; the Dela- 

 wares, also led by a famous chief, Captain Pipe; 

 and a body of white rangers from Detroit, including 

 British, French and tories, commanded by the Brit- 

 ish Captain Elliott, and flying the British flag. 8 

 With them came also Shawnees, Chippewas, and 

 Ottawas. All were acting in pursuance of the ex- 



8 State Department MSS., No. 41, Vol. Ill, p. 77- 



