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Title
Gnadenhutten
Monument
Photograph
Subject
Military Ohio
American Indians in Ohio
Monuments & memorials
Gnadenhutten Massacre
Place
Gnadenhutten (Ohio)
Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
Description
This
monument
to the
American
Indians
who
were
massacred
at
Gnadenhutten
was
erected
in
1872
. The
inscription
reads
, "Here
triumphed
in
death
ninety
Christian
Indians
March
8
1782.
" The
photograph
measures
8
"
x
10
"
(20.32
x
25.4
cm)
.
Gnadenhutten
,
which
means
"
huts
of
grace
" was
settled
by
Moravian
missionaries
and
Mohican
Indians
in
1772
. The
Indians
converted
to
Christianity
,
wore
Western
dress
and
lived
in
European-style
villages
. In
September
1781
,
British
troops
tried
to
get
the
Indians
to
support
them
against
the
colonists
in the
Revolutionary
War
.
When
they
refused
,
Indians
at
Gnadenhutten
and
nearby
Schoenbrunn
and
Salem
were
rounded
up
and
taken
to
present-day
Sandusky
County
,
Ohio
.
Conditions
there were
harsh
, and in
February
a
group
of
Indians
were
given
permission
to
briefly
return
to
Gnadenhutten
to
gather
food
.
Once
they
arrived
in
Gnadenhutten
,
however
, a
force
under
Colonel
Williamson
accused
them of
stealing
and
raiding
American
settlements
in
Pennsylvania
.
After
spending
the
night
praying
and
singing
,
ninety
Indians
,
including
women
and
children
, were
killed
on
March
8
,
1782
and
Gnadenhutten
was
burned
.
Creator
Ohio. Dept. of Development
Date of Original
1940
-
1960
circa
Collection
Ohio
Department
of
Economic
and
Industrial
Development
Collection
Source
Audiovisual
material
;
State
Archives
Series
741
,
Box
5
Format
picture
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om3151_3928602_001.tif
Image Height
3737
Image Width
3029
File Size
3744.42 KB
Date created
2009-01-09
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