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the Collo Took what they had to say into consideration &; proposed to speak to them in 2 Days. we Returned to our Lodgings I was Pleased with the Coll. advice to them Reminding them that the Good Spirit who Made &; Placed us here, it was in order that we Should Be Happy &; Live in Love one with another which was the way to obtain it &;c. 12 the week we were Informed late in the Morning that the Schoolhous which we had to hold our Meeting in the 2 firsts Days Before was taken up By a Prisbyteren Preacher who some Times Visets that Place we Agreed if our Landlord was willing we would set Down togather in his House which he Readily agreed to &; We informed as Many as we well could of the Meeting &; we had the Company of aBought 50 &; it was a good Meeting &; I &; Wm. Savery Both Spoke, the People Behaved Soberly we informed the Onida Indians Several Being at the Meeting that we Intended to go in after noon to there Camp &; Set with them if they would inform there People which they Did &; we Sat Down on Some Logs togather with I Believe 50 White People who had got By Some Means to Know of the Meetig after a Short Silence the Indians By there Interpreter Desird to Sing an Hymn which we did not forbid thinking it best to leave them at Liberty then abought 12 of Began &; Sang in there own Language which I thought Exceeded any thing of the Sort I had Ever Heard Before Both on account of there Superior Voice &; the Solidity of the Manner of there Doing it after they had Done Wm S &; J P Spake in which Labor I thought they were Favoured the People Behaved Very Soberly we parted from our Indian Brethethren in Love &; Returned to our lodgings. the Indians Sung an other hymn before we Parted with like Solidity