The hut was placed on the grave of an Indian chief.
"The Indians are accustomed to bury their chiefs on the spot where they died,
to heap a mound some 24 feet high above them, to mourn them for a while,
and then to abandon the spot," and this little elevation was a favorable site
for their hut. Until the hut was finished the men lodged with the Indians,
Tomochichi himself taking charge of their belongings.
Toeltschig returned the same day to Savannah, going back later
with a supply of provisions. The Indians made them heartily welcome
to their neighborhood, and the Moravians, even in the midst
of their building operations, began to teach them the English alphabet,
at the same time putting forth every effort to learn the Indian tongue,
in which Rose was rapidly becoming proficient.
By the 20th of September the schoolhouse was finished,
and Ingham and the Moravians held a conference to plan the future work,
and decide what duties each should assume, as he proposed
to move thither at once, and, with the approval of the lot,
Rose and his wife were to do the same. Morning and evening
they were to read the English Bible, accompanied by silent prayer;
morning, mid-day and evening an hour was to be given to the study
of the Indian language; and Rose and his wife were to have an hour
for their private devotions.
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