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interpreter while pursuing the improvement of his 

 farm. 



He was a man of unbounded benevolence, and dis- 

 posed '-to hoj^e all things^^ — ^it was through him the 

 Moravian brethren were made attentive to Indian 

 natives, especially the Iroquois, or Six Nations. Mr. 

 Spangenberger received the first account of them from 

 Conrad Weiser, a justice of the peace, and interpreter to 

 the Government in Pennsylvania.* The Governor and 

 Proprietor of Pennsylvania had sent him in the winter 

 of 1736, to treat with the Iroquois, concerning a war 

 ready to break out between them and the Indians of 

 Virginia, and to endeavor to settle the dispute amicably. 

 On this journey, of nearly five hundred miles, he suffered 

 great hardships. The weather was uncommonly severe, 

 and he had to force his way, mostly on foot, through 

 deep snow, thick forests, brooks and rivers, carrying 

 provisions fcr several weeks on his back.t 



If it may be called such, he had the good fortune to 

 become acquainted with many of the conspicuous 

 characters of his day. Count Zinzendorf visited him 

 August 14, 1752, where he met, at Tulpehocken, a 

 numerous embassy of sachems or heads of the Six 

 Nations, returning from Philadelphia. The count was 

 desirous of preaching the Gospel to the Indians; Weiser 

 was interpreter on this occasion ; adding in conclusion 

 of the discourse: "This is the man, whom God hath 

 sent, both to the Indians and to the white people, to 

 make known his will unto thenV confirming his words, 



*Loskiel. P. T, 4, 5. 



fHe was appointed in 1741. Die Landes Obrigkeit gewann 

 ihn licb, wegen seines ehrlichen und besonders nuetzlichen 

 Oharacters, und machte ihn 1741, zum Friede-Richter und 

 pothschafter'bey den Indianer-Nation. Hall. Naclirichten91S. 



