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any liquors to our town it should be immediately spilled on the ground and theperson should loose it- As my friends will probably wish toknow what assistance we may most standin need of. I will observe that I expectabout 10 barrels of pork 12 Barrels of flour&; two bushels of salt will be nessisary tosubsist the Indians until their crop willcome on this if it is furnished to me itshall only be distributed to those whowill quit hunting and closely applyThemselves to work- I should like to haveabout eight breeding sows &; two Boars. Somegrass seeds some oats &; wheat seeds, Somepotatoes some flax seed and the meansof procuring some cloathing for my 5 youngmen the whole of these things can be gotfrom Hamilton about 50 or 60 miles fromour village at vastly less expence than at Fort Wayne- Hendricks AupaumutChief of theMuhhiconnick Nation Baltimore 11th Jan 1808 The sub committee further informed thatafter communication on the request of Hendrick Aupaumut for some assistance towards enabling himto prosecute his views in regard to the Indians onthe White River they had concluded it would be best tomake known his situation to the Governmentwho had thereupon so far patronised his undertakingas to direct the Indian agent at Fort Wayne