North Carolina Historical Review

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. With the next day cheerful and energetic work began on their own account, for there was no asceticism among the Moravians, and while they bore privations bravely they believed in securing com fortable homes and proper food as soon as possible. How they man aged to do all the hard work of that first winter, on a diet consisting mainly of corn-bread and pumpkins; is one of the marvels of the story; but looking ahead on that first Monday17 they built a bake oven, and began clearing ground in which to sow the seed brought with them from Pennsylvania. They had hoped for meat secured by their hunters, but game was scarce, and they made the best of the situation without complaint.