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considerable stock of horses, some swine and sheep. On the east, near enough to supply them withwater, runs the Oneida Creek, and on the westin the same valley, is a small stream: so thatthiy are well supplied with it. Towards the south end of their valley, theyhave a grist, and a saw mill. Their grist-mill does considerable work for white people,and there is a large quantity of logs andboards at the saw-mill. We called to see most of the familiesof note amongst them, and paid short visits, withwhich they manifested great satisfaction and pleas-ure, as most of them knew one of us who hadspent some weeks in that place before. We also visited a school kept by JohnQuincy, a religious Indian man, who conductedit with becoming solidity and order, with whichwe were very much pleased. Many of the women were solid, sen-sible, and engaging. Their houses were cleanwith wooden floors and glass windows: them-selves and children mostly clean and neat,-the men and boys were hoeing corn &;c. There appeared to be as much difference be-tween Cornplanter's people, and this nation, asbetween this people and the better livers among thewhite people. We went to see their mill which,