For more years than I dare mention, I have circled a single event: the massacre in 1782 of more than 90 Christian Indians at Gnadenhutten (eastern Ohio). First, I circled the massacre from the perspectives of two women, a Delaware Native American and a Moravian missionary. The product of that effort is DANCING THROUGH FIRE. Next, I entered the world of the Fort Pitt militia that perpetrated the massacre. I studied how they clawed through the dense forests to build fragile lives for themselves and their families. I witnessed the mounting of their fears as the Revolutionary War sucked its warriors eastward and left the settlers alone in the wilderness, easy prey for raiding Indians. I cannot condone what the militia did, but I recognize that we might all follow the settlers' lead to unspeakable deeds unless we resolve long beforehand to follow a different path.