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dispense with. I am not now prepared to sayanything more to you, but shall carry hometo my people all that you have said to us Then adjourned until tomorrow morning at the 10th Hour when the committee again metpresent 8 members The friends appointed to examine &; adjust theacct. of the expences incured by John Shaw &; IsaacGriffith reported that they had attended to theservice &; find a balance due them of $405 36/100which the Treasurer was directed to pay Then adjourned until tomorrow evening at the 6th Hour when the committee againmeet present 12 members &; the Little Turtlethe principal Chief of the Miamy nationof Indians The Turtle was informed that we having for severalyears carried on our operations on the Wabash &;so instructed our brothers there, that we hopedthey would before long be in a situation to dowithout much assistance from us, we therefore beganto think of turning our views to some other Townsand it was our wish to know, if it was hisdesire we should render any aid to his vallage In reply he made many expressions of thanksand of his sense of our kindness, and the benefitsthose of his people whom we had had under our carehad derived from our aid, He also stated his entireconviction of the correctness of our ideas respecting