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in their ears, and round their necks, strung upon strings, several descriptions of Lake shells. Here we met with Saccarissa, a principal chief of the Tuscarora tribe. He has come for the purpose of being assisted by the agent in vesting fifteen thousand dollars in the purchase of land from theHolland Land Company. They have greatly de-clined hunting, and are becoming agriculturists. The Tuscarora Indians removed from North Caro-lina many years ago, and were received into the then Five Nations, or Iroquois Indians, who gave them a small tract of country, which they now think wants enlarging. It is a fact, that theSix Nations have stock in the Bank of the United States to the amount of more than one hundred thousand dollars, from which they draw regular dividends. This is money which they received some years ago from our Government for the sale of their lands. The Chiefs and principal people took the advice of General Washington, in making bank stock of their money. 13th. This morning we set out from Buffalo in a farm wagon drawn by two horses, and tra-velled 32 miles through a rough and inferior country. 14th. Proceeded 23 miles and reached Bata-via, a new town, handsomely situated. We have had a muddy, disagreeable road, through a coun-try too flat to be desirable. The land is pretty rich, and very heavily timbered. We have been