They might go to Tomochichi's Indians whenever they saw fit and he consented.
Other Indians could not be visited in time of war, but in peace
four Moravians should be licensed to go to them, on the same footing
as the English ministers. Those living with Tomochichi were not included
in this number. "As the Moravian Church is believed to be orthodox
and apostolic" no one should interfere with their preaching the Gospel,
or prevent the Indians from attending their services in Savannah,
or elsewhere. The title to their five hundred acre tract was secured
to the Moravians, even in case the Count's male line should become extinct.
Reference to military service is conspicuous by its absence,
and at the very time that these resolutions were being framed,
assurance on that one point was being desperately needed in Savannah.
Rumors of War.
In February, 1737, that which Spangenberg had feared came upon the Moravians,
-- military service was peremptorily demanded of them,
the occasion being a fresh alarm of Spanish incursions.
The feud between the colonists of Spain and England was of long standing,
dating back to rival claims to the New World by right of discovery.
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