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wago Creek, that runs into Oneida lake. As wedecended a long hill to this place, we killed a rattlesnake about four feet long it lay still inthe road, neither offered to attack nor run. About 11 miles from Oneida village, wepassed a well improved farm with a goodhouse, barn, and other buildings, and alarge proportion of good timothy meadow,belonging to and in the possession of anIndian. He keeps tavern, has his signhanging out as common at public houses. About six in the evening we arrived atour Friend's settlement; found them all well andvery glad to see us. William Gregory and wife, andHannah Jackson, having got there three weeks a-go, after a passage of 15 days [from Philadelphia]; William's chief view in coming was to set upthe Smith's trade, and instruct some of the Indiansin that art: Hannah Jackson was to open aschool, and besides literature, was to instruct the girls in knitting, sewing &;c. Neither of them have yet opened their occu-pations, in part occasioned by some unsettlementor uneasiness in the Indians minds, in re-gard to the sale of some of their land, and the run-ning of their lines, cominissionirs having beenengaged in the business since the arrival of ourFriends.