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that they would gladly receive assistance fromFriends. Some farming utensils such as Plows, Hoes&; axes he says would be very acceptable. This chiefadded that he does not expect they will make agreat progress immediately but thinks it a propertime to lay a foundation for their children and isin hopes the present establishment will make abegining. Philip Dennis also informs, that whenhe first went to the wabash he built a temporaryhouse 14 feet square and expected soon after the dateof his last letter to begin another to be 16 by 32 feetand 1 ½ Stories high, and observes he very sensibly feelthe lonesomeness of his situation, but on reflecting uponthe business in which he is engaged and thedistressed situation of the poor Indians he feels nocause of regret We also received a letter from Wm.Wells Indian agent dated the 30th of the 6 Mo whoinforms that the Indians agreeable to expectationheld their council in the 8th month and that 874Indians attended The following is extracted from the minutesof the proceedings June 13 1804The council was openedby the agent of Indians affairs who observed that hewas ready to receive any communications they might