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amongst them, that we came not to trade with them, nor to use any endeavours to to get their land or skins, therefore he said he would take no pay of us for any thing we got from him, but that we might have as many boards as we wanted without pay, we got 1000 feet and acknowleged the old Mans kindness and offered him the Money which he refused taking as pay for the boards but as he was in need said he would borrow it until he received his annuity from government, and then he would return it again, which he did accordingly 7th of seventh month Cornplanter and one of our neighbour being at our house, the latter having a short time before erected a sign on the bank of the river at his new house with an intention of keeping a tavern, which was a verry disagreeable circumstance to us, yet cau-tion was requisite least we should give offence We however manifested our disaprobation to to such a practice, in the presence of neighbors John and Cornplanter, the old chief then infor-med us that we must not be frightened at it and he would try to have matters so ordered that