40/41 Any history of any Indian inroad will give examples such as I have mentioned above. See McAfee MSS., John P.Hale's "Trans-Alleghany Pioneers," De Haas' "Indian Wars," Wither's "Border War," etc. In one respect, however, the Indians east of the Mississippi were better than the tribes of the plains from whom our borders have suffered during the present century; their female captives were not invariably ravished by every member of the band capturing them, as has ever been the custom among the horse Indians. Still, they were often made the concubines of their captors. The missionaries called themselves United Brethren; to outsiders they were known as Moravians. |