"During a brief visit a chief of the Cherokee Nation, called Little Carpenter passed through Bethania. He was asked whether, if a brother should be sent to his Nation to teach them of their Creator, he would be kindly received. To this question the chief replied that if the Brethren came to instruct or teach their children they would be welcome"
-- From the Wachovia Memorabilia, 1775
We met with a Mr. McDonald, who told us that three weeks ago he had met with nine Indians near the home of Col. Sevier. They complained that white people were settling on their land and hunting over it; but Col. Sevier had not been willing to hear them and had acted as though he could not understand them, at which the Indians had become very angry and said that next spring they would find the scalps of the whites.
-- From the Journal of Brother Martin Schneider from Salem. December 24,1784
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