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preceeding our next Yearly Meeting At a Meeting of the Committee of Indianconcerns held at Baltimore the 7th of the 10 Mo 1797 present 9 Members The following report was produced &; read To the Committee appointed by the Yearly MeetingOf Maryland on Indian affairs For the purpose of furnishing the Committeeat large with more full &; perfect informationrespecting the situation and disposition of the Indiansthe subscribers undertook a journey N.W. of the riverOhio we set out from David Greave’s on the westside of the Monongahila river about 240 milesfrom Baltimore and traveled on a mean directiona little S of W. about 130 miles to the Mouthof Licking Creek on the W. side of the Muskinghumriver thence near 5 to 80 miles to Chilecothe a townon the Sciote river, thence up this river near a N.course 70 miles thence near W. upwards of 30 milesto the head of Mad river a branch of the greatMiami, thence E. of N. 50 miles to the Upper San-dusky Town about 40 miles above lake Erie. ThenS.E. 120 miles to the Mouth of Licking creek aforsaidand thence nearly reversing our former route back. In the course of this journey having visited anumber of Indian Hunting Camps and several of their