History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River — Passage 114 (part 2)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] Gnadenhutten (tents of grace) received them for a time, and from thence they shared the roving fortunes of the Moravians, followed in all their wander ings by their faithful Mahican converts.1 Meanwhile the commissioners of the society in Scotland for Propagating the Gospel had entered upon the work of diffusing Christian knowledge among the Indians, and had commissioned the Rev. David Brainerd to labor among the Delawares. Having transferred his mission among the Mahicans to the Rev. Mr. Sergeant, Brainerd visited the Delaware country in the spring of 1744. At Minnisink he encountered the opposition of the Indians,2 but established himself at the Forks of the Dela-1 Hccke*welder*s Narrative; Life and and after some discourse, and attempts to Times of David Zeisberger; LoskiePs His-contract a friendship with him, I told