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Baltimore Yearly Meeting Indian Committee Minutes, 1795-1815

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to the little Turtle &; other Chiefs and to be by themdisposed of to such of their people as they knew were desirousof using them. We also wrote a letter to the Indians &;one to William Wells (the agent at that place) and havereceived his Answer informing that on the 25th of the 7Month last he had an account of these articlesbeing on the way from Cincinati and expected theywould deliver them as directed &; that he would alsoreceive the Indians reply to our letter &; forward it tous. This we have not yet received. The agent also informs that since there hasbeen no spiritous liquors in the Indian Countrythey appear very industrious and are fond of raisingstock. He also gives it as his opinion thatthe suppression of spiritous liquors in that Country isthe best thing that ever has been done for the Indiansby the United States, that there has not been oneIndian killed in that neighbourhood this year &;that there never has been a year before, since theTreaty of Grenville in which there were less than 10killed and some years as many as 30 The agent further adds that the Indiansappear very desirous of procuring for themselvesthe necessarys of life in our way, but say theydo not know how to begin—some of their old