an independent community of Christian Indians living on lands belonging to the Moravian Brethren.
1798  (1957)  Should, in case of any future Indian wars, or the unfavorable disposition of the chiefs, the messenger of the gospel, or their converts, be under the necessity of seeking places of refuge, they would now, in every case, find them in Indian place-congregations, built on lands belonging to the [Moravian] Brethern, in Canada or in the United States, or in both.