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taining a knowledge of the disposition they are in, and enable Friends to ascertain what would be the best course to pursue to be useful to them. The following Friends are therefore nominated to that service, and requested to proceed in the visit as soon as convenient, to wit: George Ellicott, Gerard T. Hopkins, Joel Wright, and Elisha Tyson. They are also authorized to take one or more suitable persons with them to reside amongst the Indians, to instruct them in agriculture and other useful knowledge, if there should appear to be a prospect of such an establishment being beneficial to them. My name having been entered upon the minute, and thus placed upon this very interesting appoint- ment, was to me a subject of much thoughtful-ness and exercise; and believing finally that the peace of my own mind was concerned in a pas-sive submission to the judgment of my friends, I accordingly made provision for the journey, and on the 23d of the 2d month, 1804, left my home; first witnessing those sensations due to human nature, in an affectionate farewell to my family connexions and friends; rode to Ellicott's Mills, and joined my friend, George Ellicott, from whence we proceeded on our journey; taking with us Philip Denis, a member of our So-ciety, who has concluded to accompany us, for the purpose of residing with the Indians, in order to instruct them in agriculture; reached Brooke-