This land could be selected near Zinzendorf's estate, the town to be built
on the Count's property. If any wished to leave the Moravian Congregation,
he should receive twenty acres elsewhere for himself. (3) Non-Moravians,
like John Regnier, might live with them on the same conditions.
(4) If one of the Moravians died without male issue,
the Congregation should name his successor in the title to the land.
(5) The promised cattle should still be given.
It was further arranged that Spangenberg should continue to hold the title
to his fifty acres, but with the understanding that it was in trust
for the Congregation; the same to apply to Nitschmann's land, if desired.
On the 25th and 26th, a number of Indians visited the ship,
being received with much ceremony. "King" Tomochichi, and others,
Spangenberg had often seen, and they were formally presented to Mr. Wesley,
of whom they had heard, and to whom they gave a flask of honey
and a flask of milk, with the wish that "the Great Word might be to them
as milk and honey." Tomochichi told of his efforts to keep peace
among the tribes, in the face of rumors that the English meant
to enslave them all, and of his success so far, but he feared the Indians
were not in a frame of mind to give much heed to the Gospel message.
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