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Brothers. You mentioned about a blacksmithshop, and about coal, now we intend to goat the shop early tomorrow morning: wehave got the bark ready to cover it; and weshall have it done tomorrow: and some willgo to drawing wood for coal. Brothers. This is all we got to say. We expressed our satisfaction with whatthey had said, and let them know we werevery glad to see their chiefs of the samemind with us in this business, and wewere in hopes they would continue to be ofthis mind. We closed with renewedlyreminding them of the obligations theywere under to our friends, who remain herewho have left all their near friends and con-nections, to come and live amongst them,purely from a desire to do them good: andearnestly entreating them to keep this freshin their minds, and then we were certain theywould be attentive and kind to them at alltimes. The conference ended satisfactorily. 27th 4th day. This morning about 20 Oneidas,amongst whom were 4 or 5 of their principal chiefs,got early to work at the smith's shop, and some