THE MORAVIANS FOLLOW THE TEACHINGS OF THEIR ELDERS AND GATHERED LAND AND VILLAGES APART FROM THEIR TRIBES. IN 1740 THE MORAVIAN MISSIONARIES BEGAN THEIR WORK AFTER MAHICAN VILLAGE OF SHEKOMEKO IN NEW YORK. THEY HAD MANY OBSTACLES AND MOVED TO PENNSYLVANIA. THEY WERE MORE SUCCESSFUL IN OHIO. BY 1770'S THEY HAD SEVERAL IN OHIO. THEY WENT TO THEIR ABANDONED VILLAGES TO GATHER CORN WHEN THEY WERE ATTACKED BY A PARTY OF BORDER RUFFIANS AND MASSACRED AND THEIR VILLAGES BURNED. THE REMAINING MORAVIANS MOVED TO CANADA 1791 UNDER THEIR CHIEF, ZEISBERGER. THEY BUILT A VILLAGE ON THE RETRENCHE RIVER. AGAIN IN 1812 THE ANGLOS MASSACRED THEM. THEY MOVED TO KENT COUNTY, ONTARIO. THEIR POPULATION WAS 275. BY 1906 THEY HAD INCREASED TO 348.
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