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we then asked him if they were desirous of aplying to our society or to the United States To all which he replyed I am very thankfull of an opportunity of such information there is no people affords such encouragement as you do. We have often heard from Corn-planters that they had found you punc-tual to your words in every thing you told them in the begining, and that they could not find the least fault with you in any one thing. And now I hear you with my own ears and believe what you say, and am determined to apply to you before any other People in the World and as soon as I return home we will hold a council and send our minds to you in Writing for you to forward to your Friends, And if any of your People should come amongst us, they shall have Land to settle on where ever they want it, or anything that is ours that they stand in need of. 16th of 4th month we received the following Letter from the Cataraugus Indians near Lake Erie-