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them and a speech we have lately received fromthe Delawares leaves scarce a doubt but a likerequest will be made from that nation—hithertowe have proceeded no further than to furnish the Mia-mies with two plows a Harrow, gears, and sundryuseful articles nor is there a prospect of ourmaking a settlement amongst them soon Accompanying the Delaware Speech wasone from the Wyandot Nation a copy of whichwe enclose you they were both delivered us byJonathan Shefflin superintendant of Indianaffairs in that Country as we have had no com-munication with the Wyandotts, save somefriendly attention to two of their chiefs whowere in this City conformable to our usual customwhen Indians come here we enquired of JonathanShefflin if he knew on what their expectation ofa visit was founded as we had given them nonehe informed us it was an answer to a few lineswhich were signed by two or three friends and leftat their Village as when they were there theIndians were generally out a hunting—We supposeit must have been those friends of your Committeewho were in that Country as from us none haveas yet been amongst the Nations West of the RiverOhio. If you have any answer to make thereto