Moravian missionaries established a church (their second) at Schoenbrunn, Ohio for Delaware Indians. These “praying Indians” were friendly to American colonists and provided supplies and information to American forces during the Revolution. Because of their pacifism, however they tried to remain neutral during the war but were mistrusted by both sides. In the worst atrocity by American forces in the Revolution, in 1782 the Moravian Indians in the nearby village of Gnadenhutten were massacred by Pennsylvania militiamen, but the Indians at Schoenbrunn were warned and fled their village before they could meet the same fate.

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