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have been troubled with drunken Indians that night but they came no nearer than than their Cabins which were a few rods from ours. This was almost the first stri-king instance of the bad effects of Spirituous liquors that we had seen in our neigh-bourhood. A few weeks after the Indian brought a large fish and gave to my companion and shook hands with him as a token of friendship, and appeared convicted for his misconduct 2nd of 9th month A young Man namedBenjamin Shaw who had been employ-ed in clearing Land near the waters of Oswaya Creek about 60 miles from this place having occasion to return home which was in the Genesee near Bath, about 50 miles from his employment, and on his way thro, the woods crossed his path and bewildered and after traviling six Days arrived at our house and enquired if we could tell him where he was said he had lain in the woods 6 nights by himself, and 4 of them without fire and the last night the wolves killed a deer a few rods from him as he was laying without