. Indiana Historical Society publications . f three hundred families. Hisreligious views dominated the Rappites as they had no written , industry, frugality were the dominating ideas of their ma-terial existence. 1 The Harmonists were a religious sect, the members of which leftWurttemburg in 1803, owing to religious persecution. They settledin Pennsylvania, where by industry and frugality they established ahappy community. However, their location was found to be unsuitedfor fruit cultivation, and their distance from navigation caused themto send Frederick Rapp, who was the adopte
. Indiana Historical Society publications . f three hundred families. Hisreligious views dominated the Rappites as they had no written , industry, frugality were the dominating ideas of their ma-terial existence. 1 The Harmonists were a religious sect, the members of which leftWurttemburg in 1803, owing to religious persecution. They settledin Pennsylvania, where by industry and frugality they established ahappy community. However, their location was found to be unsuitedfor fruit cultivation, and their distance from navigation caused themto send Frederick Rapp, who was the adopted son of their leader,farthes West to find a more congenial place. In 1813, they followedhim to Indiana, where they established their community on the WabashRiver a few miles above its mouth. In 1824 the Harmonists sold out,for $182,, and returned to Pennsylvania. The purchaser wasRobert Owen, of Scotland. It was thereafter called New one of the worlds most interesting experiments in socialism was 1(1 raf Ami \HUilliivtm. hrtmt, fyZtn-at. Journal of Thomas Dean 297 which we could not understand; they sang in the same lan-guage, and appeared very solemn and severe in their devo-tions. After meeting (half past 10 a. m.) we went to lookat their fields, vineyards, etc. July 14th. At about 3 a. m. the bell rang for duty andwe prepared to start; got under way at half past 4 a. m.,went up the river five or six miles, and took breakfast onthe bank near a house or two. After breakfast we proceededand in the course of the day took in some good water andpassed up to an island. We wanted to run to the left of it,and got part of the way, where the bar across was so shoalthat we thought best to run back and go around the passing around we saw four or five wild turkeys on theisland. They flew across to the right and were on the company landed with guns, but got no chance of a shotat them. We proceeded on up the river until near 9 oclockin the evening and
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