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John Mytinger, Oct. 19, 1º22. Major John Irwin. Nov. 23. 1822. Col. Frederick Hubley, Dec 26, 1823. Samuel Bryan, Jan. 11, 1823.
Any one having in their possession copies of the Oracle designated, will con- fer a favor by transcribing the sketches aud forward to us.
DEATII OF SOME WORTHIES .- From one of our note books we extract the fol- lowing:
William Murray died June 1, 1823, at Washington, Penna. He was an early merchant at Harrisburg, and a man of prominence.
John Horter died Nov. 26, 1823, aged 47 years. His father, John Valentine Horter, was an early settler at Harris- burg.
William Denning, d. Nov. 22, 1823, aged 40 years.
John Frazer, d. March 6, 1824. IIe came to Lancaster npon the removal of the seat of Government to Harrisburg, holding a position under the Snyder ad- ministration.
REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS.
[In the year 1800, the following Revo- lutionary Pensioners were living in Leha- non county. The figures annexed were the ages of the respective individuals ]
In Lebanon Borough-George Hess, 79.
In Swatara Township-Peter Witmoyer, 80 ; Anna Barbara Yeagley, 78; Peler Sador, 77; John Shalley 79; JACTO Herim. 74: John Bickel. 89; Valentine Shouffler, 88, Martin Meily, 68; George Heilnin, 81
In East Hanover Township-Thomas
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Kopenhaver, 80; John Hetrich, 77; Jacob Decker, 84; Philip Wiimeyer, 80; John Garberich, 81; James Stewart, 83.
In Londonderry Township-Jacob Lentz, 81; Adam Trist, 80; Jacob Kea- ner, 80; Andrew Robeson, 81.
In Heidelberg Township-George Wolf, 70; Margaret Leob, 79; Elizabeth Derr, 81. İn Lebanon Township - Andrew Hoover, 75; Dilman Doup, 81; Mary Weaver. 75.
In Bethel Township-Catharine Wal- born, 85.
In Jackson Township-Mary Bainnv, 75; Rebecca Bowers, 74; John Smith, 86.
IN THE REVOLUTION.
The following memoranda we find on & paper in our possession. They may beof historic value, as items of less import have proved to be:
"Richard Roger, commander of an armed vessel taken by Capt. Barry, & -Jno. Draper, another officer of said ves. sel, being brought to this city [ Philade !- phia ] as Prisoners, were agreed to be en- larged on their separately signing the following parole, which they did accord- ingly:
"I, -, being a Prisoner in the United Colonies of America, do upon the Honor of a Gent'n promise that I will bot go into or near any Seaport Town, nor farther than Six Miles distant trom Lebanon in Lancaster County, my present place of Residence, without permission of the Continental Congress or of the Committee of Safety of Penn'a, and that I will carry on no political correspondence whalever on the subject of the dispute between Great Britain or these Colonies so long as I re- main a prisoner."
"Ordered, That Doce & Rush & Dr. Duffield be appointed to Receive all Med . icines belonging to this Province, and to deliver the same in such proportions to the different Battalions & other arma- ments of this Province as they, or this Board [Penn'a Board of War] shall think proper, giving & taking Receipts for what the yreceive and deliver."
LEBANON, May 21, 1776. Sr: I make Bold to Request the favoure
of you To Send Me the new Association Paper for my Batalion. I Cannot make my Batalion In Readeness to Return the same to the Commissioner for want of the same, & In so Doing you will oblige Yonr Humb. Ser't,
PHILIP GREENAWALT.
N. B .- I Desire that you will let me No Weather We shall chuse another Committeeman in the place of Dehaas & likewise to let me No about chusing three men to Disarm the Non-Associa- tors in the said Township.
To Mr. Jasper Yeats, Esq.
JOHN MARTIN MACK'S JOURNAL
Of a Visit to Onondaga in 1752.
[For the following interesting "Jour- nal " and the annotations thereto, the readers of Notes and Queries are indebted to John W. Jordan, E-q, of the Penn- sylvania Historical Society. ]
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INTRODUCTION .-- On the 17th of July, 1749, at an interview between Bishops A G. Spangenberg, J C. F. Cammer- hoff and John M. von Watteville and Rev. Nathaniel Seidel, of the Moravian church, and the Sachems of the Six Nations, held in the parsonage of the Moravian church in Philadelphia, per. mission was given to the Moravian tos send a deputation to Onondaga in the following year to arrange preliminaries for the co , mencement of missionary en- terprises in their country. In the sum- mer of 1750, Bishop Cammerhoff and David Zeisberg-r visited Onondaga and applied to the Council for permission for at least two missionaries to reside there in order to learn the language. " his was granted. Owing to the troubles between England and France, it was not until the summer of 1752 that Zeisberger and Carl Godfrey Rundt were appointed to take up their residence in Onoudaga, and Mack was to accompany them, take part in the negotiations, and then return to Bethlehem to report the result to the Mission Board. The Journal which Mack kept was originally written in Ger. man, a trans ation of which is now given to the reader.
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John Martin Mack, for many years em- ployed in the Indian Mission of his Church, was born in Leysingen, Wurtem- berg, April 13. 1715. Twenty years later he was sent to Georgia, and in 1740 left for Pennsylvania, where he assisted in the building of Nazareth and Bethlehem. In March, of 1742, he was appointed as- sistant missionary in the Indian Mission in New York and Connecticut, and six months later was married to Jeannette Rau, who resided in the "Oblong, " New York. Her knowledge of the Mohawk and Delaware languages rendered her an efficient assistant to her husband and the mission. She died at Gnadenhutten, on the Mahoning, December 15, 1749. In April of 1746, Mack commenced the mission at Gnadenhutten, the field of his labors until the Autumn ot 1755. Dur- ing this interval he annually visited the Indian villages of the West Branch of the Susquehanna. In 1753, he was married to Anna Rebstock. For the Moravian Indians, who were sojourning in Bethle- hem in 1757, he commenced the building of Nain, near that place. "Here, " he states in his autobiography, "I made my most trying experiences as a missionary, enduring not only temporal privations, but harrassed also by constant anxiety for the welfare of my charge. I commenced the work with misgivings, as the project of settling the Indians so far down in the Province was viewed with displeasure by whites and savages." In 1761, he was appointed Superintendent of the Mission in the Danish West Indies. While on a visit to Bethlehem in 1770, he was conse crated a Bishop. Died on Santa Croix, January 9, 1784.
THE JOURNAL.
Wednesday, July 26 .- In the evening, after the service, wc set out from Bethle- hem with the blessing of the congrega- tion. We felt an attachment to our dear brethren and sisters. The watch words (1) were-"And I shall put my Spirit in you, and you shall live." Christian Sei- del (2) and Gottlieb (3) accompanied us to Christian's Spring (4) where we ar- rived after midnight.
Thursday, July 27-Towards noon we left Christian's pring. Bro. Moyer (5) went with us to the Delaware, and then
returned with many hearty salutations: from us. We continued on our journey with cheerful mirds and happy thoughts .. Our bunales, although not heavy, made us perspirc very much, it being very, warm all day.
Saturday, July 29 .- At ten o'clock in the forenoon we reached Brunswick and called on Mr. Schuyler (6) who was very glad to see us. We gave him a letter- from B o. Joseph (?), and he willingly offered to assist us in any way in his- power; furnished us with a pass (8) and also a letter of recommendation to the Mayor of New York (9). At his request, we related about the visit of the Indians, who recently visited Bethlehem from Wyomick (10), which interested him very much. At noon we sct out for Elizabethtown, as there was no boats here that left soon for New York.
Sunday, Ju'y 30 .- At Elizabethtown we found a boat bound for New York, where we arrived la'e in the afternoon, and were given a hearty welcome by our brethren and sisters (11).
Wednesday, August 2. - This day especially, as also the foregoing, we pro- vided ourselves with necessaries for our journey, being cheerfully assisted by our brethren. We ohserved and felt that they take great interest in Indian affairs (12).
Thursday, August 3 -This morning we bade farewell to our hrethren, and at 8 o'clock went with our things on board the sloop which is to take us to Albany .. We set sail immediately. The cap -- tain's name is Egbert Egbertse- (13) a Low Dutchman by birth, who showed us much civility, offering us his- private cabin. We sailed. to-day upwards. of twenty iniles.
Friday, August 4-To-day we sailed past the Highlands-the wind light all day.
Saturday, August 5 .- Fair winds all- day. The captain continues his kindness towards us, and he has not asked us who- we ale, which is otherwise not the way of the Low Dutch in this country. 'Tis- probable he knows that we belong to the. Bre.hren At noon we arrived off Cor- nelius Beetman's, where Bro. Martin left us to go on to Rhinebeck (14) to buy a horse, and then to follow us by land to Albany. In the afternoon Bro. Martin.
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arrived at Christian Fuehrer's (15) who returned yesterday from Pachgatgoch (16) to which place he and Jacob Maull -(17) had accompanied Bro. Senseman . (18) and wite. Bro. David and Rundt arrived at Albany about 11 o'clock at night and remained on the sloop until morning.
Sunday, August 6 .- To day Bro. Mar- tin visited i . Rhinebeck. Bro. David and Rundt lodged with the Captain. In the afternoon they went to hear Dominie Freylinghausen (19) preach.
Monday, August 7 .- Christian Fuehrer and Jacob Maull endeavored to buy a horse for our journey, Bro Mack being sick all day.
Tuesday August 8 -Bro. Martin was obliged to keep his bed all day. A horse was purchased this afternoon.
Wednesday, August 9 -This morning Bro. Martin set out from Rhinebeck, and .OD
Thursday, August 10, rejoined his brethren in Albany.
Friday. August 11 .- Early this morn. ing we made preparations for continuing our journey, and left Albany at 10 o'clock. In the evening we reached Schenectady (20) where we remained over night.
Saturday, August 12 .- We came this afternoon to Wiłuam's Fort (21), a Maqua town, where many Indians live, who were baptized by a minister of the Church .of England by the name of Ogilby (22.) We found but few at home. Courad Weiser's son (23) resided here last sum- mer to learn their language. We re- mained here but a short time and then proceeded some miles further and camc to a Low Dutchman's, where we bad very good lodgings
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Sunday, August 13 -We were obliged to rest all day, and called to mind the great festival which is to-day celebrated in all our congregations.
Monday, August 14 .- We started on our journey agalu to-day in good spirits. In the afternoon we left the Low Dutch and entered the High Dutch settlements (24), and continued through a severe thunder storm 10 within eight miles of Canajoharie, and lodged with a German. The watch words for to-day were: "As ·one whom his mother comforteth, so will
I comfort you," was a blessing to us.
Tuesday, August 15 -We set out early in the morning, but found the walking difficult owing to the rain of yesterday, and at 8 o'clock reached Canajoharic(25), a Maqua Indian town, where Bro. David and Post were arrested seven years ago and carried to prison in New York (26). Bro David showed us the house in which they then lodged. Very few Indians were to be seen, but we learned snbse. quently that they were in the castle (27), which was built during the last war-half a mile from the town. We also heard that a minister preached (28) to them in English through an interpreter. We did pot remain here long. hut continued for eight miles through the woods until noon, when we came to the Great Falls, where the settlements again commence.
In the afternoon we crossed the river, which was much swollen by the rain. Here we met about one hundred Indians, mostly from Anajot (29) and Cayuga, (30) who live at preseut in these parts and dig roots (31) which are very good in all kinds of sickness. The Indians sell them to the people in the neighbor. hood or exchange them for goods with the traders who come from Albany. Towards evening we left the river and lodged with an Irishman who has a Ger- man wife. We had not been here long before five Oneida Indians arrived and stayed all night. Bro. David talked with them a long time.
Wednesday, August 16 .- Early this morning we continued our journey, and about 10 o'clock reached the last house between here and Onondaga, where we found many Indians. From here our path lies altogether through the woods. The man who lives here is a German and was quite civil to us. His people were very anxious to know whither we were going and the object of our visit to Onon- daga. The Indians too asked us the same questions, whereupon Bro. David in- formed them. After being here half an hour the In ians we met yesterday ar- rived, and with them the chiefs of the Oneidas. They talked with us too,and we felt that something more than usual would take place here but we kuew not what. We were told that a large party of In- dians were near the river drinking, where
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we must eross, it being impossible to cross any where else nearby, owing to the mountains on both sides of the river. We finally determined to remain and await events.
Notes.
1. The custom ot issuing each year "watch words" or a "text book," con- sisting of a selection of verses from the Bible for each day, with appropriate col. lects taken from the hymn book, has pre. vailed in the Moravian chuich since the year 1731.
2. Came to America in 1751. In 1756 he was employed in the ministry among the Moravians in North Carolina. Died 1759.
3 Gottlieb Pezold from Saxony, came to Philadelphia in 1742. ID 1748 he was ordained a Deacon. Died at Litiz, Pa , April 1, 1702. It is stated in his memoir that he was present at Conrad Weiser's in August of 1742, when Zinzendorf ratified the treaty with the Six Nations.
4. A Moravian settlement, 9 milcs N, NW. from Bethlehem, named after the son of Count Zinzendorf. It was commenced in 1749.
5 Jobn Moyer cametoAmerica in 1743. A daughter married Godfrey Hag, a wealthy merchant of Philadelphia, who left a large estate to the Moravian church.
6. Dirk Schuyler, an alderman of New Brunswick, is enrolled in Registers of the Moravian church in New York and vi- cinity prior to 1746. His house was al- ways open for the entertainment of Mora- vian evangelists.
7. Bishop A G. Spangenberg, as early as 1746, bad substituted the Hebrew name Joseph for its latin equivalent, Au- gustus, one of bis given names
8. To whom it may concern: Ye bearer hereof, David Zeisberger, a Deacon of ye church of Unitas Frairum, or United Brethren, and Gottfried Rundt, his com. panion, being personally known to me, both of Bethlehem, in ye county of Northampton and Province of Pennsyl- vania, having signified to me ye inten tion of travelling through ve Jerseys and ye Government of New York, up to ye Indian settlements, on these lawful occa- sions; All magistrates and others through whose jurisdiction the said David Zeis- berger aud Gottfried Rundt may have
occasion to pass and repass, are hereby requested to permit them to qu'etly pro. Cred on their journey, they behaving themselves well. Given under my hand and ye seal of New Brunswick, this ye 17th day of July. 1752
DIRK SCHUYLER, [SEAL. ] Alderman.
9. "WHEREAS, Messrs. Martin Mack, David Zeisberger and Gottfried Rundt, ye Bearers hereof. are inclined to travel to and about ye City and County of Al- bany upon these lawful occasions; These are therefore to desire all Persons to suffer them, the above Mack, David Zeisberger and Gottfried Rundt to pass and repass, they behaving themselves according to law. Given under my band and seal, ye 21st of July, 1752.
ED HOLLAND. [SEAL] Mayor of ye City of New York.
10. On July 20th, 1752, there arrived- at Bethlehem a deputation of Nanticokes and Shawanese from Wyoming via Gna- denhutten-57 of the former and 24 of the latter. Fifty five of the Moravian Indians of the Gnadenbut'en Mission ac- companied them. On Monday, July 24th, Bishop spangenberg gave them an audi. ence. when a covenant was made between them and the Moravians, and an invita- tion extended to the missionaries to visit their towns and preach the Gospel.
11 The Moravian congregation in New York, was organized by Bishop John von Watteville, December 27, 1748, and a meeting honse built in 1751, on Fair street (now Fulton). At the date of this Journal there was no pastor settled there.
12. Bethlehem, Monday. June 8th, 1752. "Issued 14 yds. of Stroudwater, for- a Waistcoat for D. Z.isberger to go to- Onondaga with Rundt." June 15th, "issued 14 vds. Shallow and 1 yd. Linen for David Z-isberger, 5s. 1d." July 31st, "Bro. H. Van Vieck must be credited for cash paid to Martin Mack and comrades to buy a horse, and for traveling expenses to Onondaga. £20 . . 1 piece 3 Ga:lic. 1 piece ditto. . 5 11 ..
1 doz. cap Knives, 3 doz. Thimbles. . 7 9.
6 pieces Gartering, 1 doz Scis sors . 16 3
4lbs Gunpowder, Shot, Flints and 2 Indian Blankets. 1 18 9
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1400 Wampum (Black), 1500 ditto (White) ..
4 13 6
1 File, Comb, Knite, Fish Hooks .. 3 11
5 LookingGlasses, Ink Pot, Ink. 4 10
Tobacco, 1 piece Silk Ferret, 1 6 4
New York currency. £43 2 4
Deduct 1 6 per £. 3
4 8
Pennsylvania currency .. €39 17 8
13. A descendant of one o' the first settlers of Albany. At this date about forty large sloops were engaged in trade between New York and Albany.
14. A German settlement on the east bank of the Hudson, opposite 10 Esopus, about 80 miles from New York, within Henry Beekman's Patent, in Duchess county.
15. A Palatine, father of Valentine Fuehrer, ferryman, and subsequently landlord of the Crown Inn. Bethlehem.
16. A Moravian Indian Mission, S. W. from Kent, in Connecticut In 1859, the Moravian Historical Society erected a monument on its site to the memory of two of its former missionaries.
17. Jacob Maull was one of the Pala- tines who immigrated to New York in 1710, and is enrolled in a list of the free- holders of Duchess county in 1740. The Moravian missionaries in passing through Rhinebeck, made the acquaintance of a number of the residents of the town.
18. Joachim and Ann Senseman came to Ph.ladelphia with the first Moravian colony, June 7th, 1742. While acting as steward and stewardess of the Indian Mission at Gnadenhutten, on the Mahon- ing, the latter was murdered when the Mission house was destroyed by the so- called French Indians. He died in Ja- maica, W. I., whither be had gone as missionary.
19. Theodorus Freylinghausen came to Albany in 1746, and was installed pastor of the Dutch Reformed church. In October of 1759 he sailed from New York for Holland, from whence he never returned.
20. At the date of this Journal it was a village of ahout 250 houses, and was in- habited principally by descendants of the old Dutch settlers. It was incorporated a as city in 1798.
21. In the year 1756 this post on the Mohawk river, was destroyed by Gen. Webb on his famous flight from Wood Creek. The present city of Rome is built on the site.
22 Rev. John Ogilvic, was a native of New York and, a graduate of Yale Col. lege. Being a Dutch scholar he was ap- pointed to the Mohawk mission in 1748. Sub equently he succeeded Rev. Henry Barclay as rector of Trinity Church, New York. Died Nov. 26, 1774.
23 Samuel Weiser.
24. These settlements were scattered along the Mohawk river, and numbered from 30 to 100 families in each.
25. Situated on the right bank of the Mohawk river, is the town of Danube, Herkimer county, eight miles east of Little Falls This was the upper or third Mohawk castle, where Soiengarahta, or King Hendrick resided. In Indian Ga-pa-jo-hi e. signifying "a kettle- shaped hole in the rock," or "the pot that washes itself." This name refers to a deep hole worn in the rock by action of water at the falls on Canajoharie creek, about one mile from its confluence with the Mohawk. Nearly opposite this point, on the north side of the Mohawk, and ah ut two miles back from the river, was the Indian town of "Canajorlia," visited by Greenkalgh in 1677 Itappears that the town was removed afterwards to a point east of the present village of Fort Plain, on the south side of the river, where it is called "Canajohie" by Morgan, and afterwards to the site of the present town of Danube, where Zeisberger and Chris- tiau Frederick Post visited in 1745. James Burnside and Leonhard Schnell ( Moravians) who visited the neighbor- hood in the spring of 1747, reported "that the Germans, numbering about 2,000, lived in three distinct settlements-at Canajoharie, at the Falls, aud at Stone Arabia (now Palatine), and that a school- master read from a 'postelle' on the Church on Sunday." There is no place in New York so mixed up as Canajoharie -no less than six locations are entitled to it and double that number claim it.
26. In March of 1745, these two Mora . vian missionaries, being desirous of im- proving themse ves in the Mohawk tongue, were, while on their way to the
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Indian towns arrested because they had no passes, and also unjustly accused of being in sympathy with the French. They were released April 10th.
27. This fort was built of upright pickcts joined together with lintels. -Small cannon were in position on each bastion. Five or six families of Mohawks lived outside of the fort.
28. John Christopher Hartwick, the founder of the Hartwick Seminary. He was born in Saxc-Gotha in 1714. and was sent to America to take charge of some Palatine congregations in New York. He died in 1796.
29 An Oneida town located on the head waters of Sucker Creek a tributary of Oriskany Creek in the southeast corner of the town Vernon, in Oneida county. It was the chief town called Onnejoust by the French and was destroyed by Vau- dreuil in Frontenac's expedition in 1696. It is marked on Sauthier's map of 1679 as "Old Oneida Castle," and was visited and described in 1677 by Greenkalgh, at which time "it was newly settled " In 1700 it was also visited by Col. Romer, and appears ou the map made to accom pany his report, the original of which is now in the British museum.
30. The chief town and capital of the " Cayuga tribe, situated near the east shore of Cayuga lake, in the town of Ledyard, and on the south bank of GreatGully creek, 7 miles south of the present village of Cayuga. Bishops Cammerhoff and Zeis- berger spent a day here in 1750, and de- scribe it as "a beautiful village nestling among the trees on the shore of the lake, distinguished by its roomy and substantial houses. "
31. Kalondaggouh, the Indian name for Ginseng ..
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OUR SHORT-COMINGS recently have been due to circumstances beyond our control. In a few weeks, however, we expect to have our papers rearranged, and our contributions be more regular.
IGNORANT HISTORIANS.
Much of the history of the present day is written by sensational writers who have acquired more or less notoriety as authors of a peculiar style of fiction. This is greatly to be regretted for in every instance truth is either perverted, or ab- sent aitogether. In the works of a recent writer of this class, we find the follow - ing:
"Benjamin Franklin, when a poor printer in Philadelphia, courted a girl, and appeared to be getting along nicely, when the latter's friends objected to the match. The printing trade was not suffi- ciently lucrative to suit their views; and as the girl had a chance to marry a thrifty mechanic, she concluded not to throw herself away on Benjamin Franklin The printer stood the bereavement with great nerve, and subsequently married a, Miss Bache, with whom he lived very hap- pily."
According to this account Franklin married his great granddaughter. The fact is, that Franklin did not marry as he might have desired; but he did marry her nevertheless. This lady was Deborah Read. and was the same young girl who laughed at, Franklin walking through the streets of Philadelphia, on his arrival from Boston, with a loaf of bread under his arm, as rehearsed by every biographer of that philosopher. When the young printer took boarding, it was procured for him at the house of Mrs. Read, and of course he became better acquaint- ed with the young lady. He was only eighteen years of age, and she was no older; and when their engagement was made known to Mrs. Read, who was then a widow, she' objected to their youth, suggested that they should wait awhile, and obtain more means. Frank- lin subsequently went to England, and while there corresponded with his sweet- heart for a time. He then forgot her, or rather neglected to write to her, and finally ceased all correspondence with her. This neglect had its natural result upon the lady. When he came back, six years
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