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frequent visits, and advise and instruct them whereit might appear necessary. He was also authorized tofurnish what for the purpose of sowing to such ofthem as he might find disposed to cultivate it, andupon the whole there was a good prospect oftheir making considerable advances in the artsof civil life, since this account however the committeehave been informed, that owing to the exasperated stateof the public mind against the Indians throughout thatcountry, these towns have been destroyed and the Indianscompelled to seek refuge under the government of Ohiothe committee have likewise received informationthat the establishment which they heretofore occupiedon the Wabash called Dennis' Station, has alsobeen destroyed, and their Houses burnt down; asat this place considerable progress had been madeby the Indians in Building and cultivation and asmany of them had discovrd a disposition forcivilization this event is much regreted Situated as the committee now find theIndians generally Driven from their habitationsand their Country desolate, they are not of opinionthat in the present state of the public mind, theirlabours can be of much avail, but the committeeare willing to hope that by continuing patientlyunder the concern, the time may return, when they willbe able to renew their efforts and perhaps more efficientlythan heretofore We have examined the Treasurer acct. andfind a balance in his Hands of $ 1972 53/100 exclusive of