1764] THE MORAVIAN CONVERTS. 155 



satire, which may find its application in every age 

 of the world, and every condition of society. 



The Moravian Indians, the occasion — and, at 

 least, as regards most of them, the innocent occa- 

 sion — of the tumult, remained for a full year in 

 the barracks of Philadelphia. There they endured 

 frightful sufferings from the small-pox, which 

 destroyed more than a third of their number, 

 iifter the conclusion of peace, they were permitted 

 to depart ; and, having thanked the governor for 

 his protection and care, they withdrew to the banks 

 of the Susquehanna, where, under the direction of 

 the missionaries, they once more formed a pros- 

 perous settlement.^ 



1 Loskiel, Part II. 231. 



