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-ointed to prepare a communication to them andproduce it to a future meeting of the committee towit Geo Ellicott, Edward Stabler, Caleb Bentley, AndrewEllicott Jr. &; Isaac Tyson Then adjourned to the 9th hour tomorrowmorning 10 Mo 17 1804 The committee again met present 14 Members The friends appointed to prepare a report to theYearly meeting produced the following to wit 10 Mo 17 1804 To the Yearly Meeting now siting The committee on Indian concerns report, that aletter was received by them from the Little Turtle &; theFive Medals chiefs of the Miami &; Pottowattomi nationsof Indians and others dated 2 Mo. 5 1804, stating thatthey had received the implements of husbandry whichhad been sent them by friends and that they shouldbe put into the hands of such of their people as wouldbe willing to use them. It also noticed that thePresident of the United States had prohibitted theintroduction of spiritous liquors amongst themwhich they say the best thing he could do for hisred children, and concluded by expressing a hopethat the Great Spirit would permit some of us tomake them a visit in order to shew them how to usethe Tools sayin they did not know how to begin The committee upon solidly considering