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and may our young Friends be encouragedand strengthened to keep up such religiousopportunities when we are far separated. -Which I trust they will. [says J.S.] Soon after the close of our sitting and whilst preparing what little provisions we hadleft, for our dinner, an Indian man cameinto our cabin, and presented us with aboutfour pounds of fresh venison without any bonein it. for which we offered him a quarterof a dollar, which he showed some reluctanceat taking, but as he could speak no Englishwe were altogether at a loss to know whetherit proceeded from what we had offered himbeing too little or from an intention of givingus the meat, we however prevailed upon him toreceive the money. We aftoward made himunderstand we wanted to go down in a canoe to Cornplanters village, where we had ap-pointed to have a Council tomorrow: he madesigns that he would go with us, when the sungot to such a place, pointing with his hand. He then left us, and we immediately pro-ceeded to fry some of the venison. We sat down to our dinner with thank-ful hearts for so unexpected a supply, whichwas very acceptable, as we had not so much of our own left as would make a meal for one