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David Zeisberger
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David Zeisberger was a Moravian clergyman and missionary among the Native American tribes who resided in the Thirteen Colonies. He established communities of Munsee converts to Christianity in the val
A caption on the print states that it is "From a portrait painted at the age of forty."
A caption on the print states that it is "From a portrait painted at the age of forty."
1864 print of 1862 oil painting, The Power of the Gospel: Zeisberger Preaching to the Indians, by Christian Schussele
1864 print of 1862 oil painting, The Power of the Gospel: Zeisberger Preaching to the Indians, by Christian Schussele
Gnadenhutten massacre
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The Gnadenhutten massacre, also known as the Moravian massacre, was the killing of 96 pacifist Moravian Christian Indians by U.S. militiamen from Pennsylvania, under the command of David Williamson, o
David Zeisberger
…While he was detained, ninety-six of his Native converts in Gnadenhutten, Ohio were brutally murdered by Pennsylvania militiamen, an event known as the Gnadenhutten Massacre. After Zeisberger was released, violent conflicts with other Native tribes and the expansion of white settlement forced many Moravian Christian settlements…
Burial site of the Moravian Martyrs
Burial site of the Moravian Martyrs
The burial mound at the Gnadenhutten Massacre Site
The burial mound at the Gnadenhutten Massacre Site
This 37-foot (11 m) monument to the Moravian Christian Indian Martyrs, located next to a reconstructed mission house in what was the center of the ori
This 37-foot (11 m) monument to the Moravian Christian Indian Martyrs, located next to a reconstructed mission house in what was the center of the original village, was dedicated on June 5, 1872. The inscription reads: "Here triumphed in death ninety Christian Indians, March 8, 1782."