BYM_Page_011

wheat for Bread on your own Lands as we doand to get meat at home without hunting &; to take blankets and other cloathing for yourselves Children, and also whether you desire to have yourChildren taught to read, write and do such otherthings as will make you live comfortably underthe Shade of the great tree of Peace. We wish youspeak to us freely with the mouths of your Nati-ons and if it is agreeable to you we will talkto you again FarewellSigned on behalf ofYour aforesaid religious Council of the Peoplecalled Quakers the 23 of the 5th Mo. 1796 by Allen Farquhar Benjamin Walker David Brown Elias Ellicott Calib Kirk On consideration of the Expences likely to attendthe visit to the Indians we think it right thatthe treasurer should advance such sum as theythink necessary they to be accountable for the same Then adjourned to meet again at Baltimore atthe 9th hour on first day Morning at the time ofthe Yearly Meeting At a Meeting of the committee on Indian Affairs held atBalt. 10 Mo 1796 The committee appointed to visit the Indians broughtin the following Report,