Loskiel's "Unnatural sins", 1750

Loskiel's History of the Mission of the United Brethren among the Indians in North America, published in German in 1789 and in English in 1794, is based upon detailed reports by two missionaries of the Moravian Church (a German Protestant denomination) who arrived in the American colonies in 1742 and 1750. These missionaries were active among the Indians of Pennsylvania, New York, and North Carolina. In terms that, in German, refer clearly to homosexuality, Loskiel reports:

In relations between the sexes, the Indians are modest and decent. Publicly, at least, one seldom observes lascivious, immoral, or indecent behavior among them. It cannot be denied that in this respect they are far superior to the majority of peoples. But this does not mean that they are free of lewdness [Unzucht], and unnatural sins [unnatiirliche Siinden] are not uncommon among them.