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APPENDIX. Whilst engaged in taking a copy of the pre-ceding journal, I have been induced to examine the manuscripts left by the late George Ellicott, of Ellicott's Mills, the companion in this em-bassy of the author of the narrative, to discover if I could find amongst them any matter concern-ing the Indians, and of the care manifested by the Friends of Baltimore Yearly Meeting on their behalf. In the course of this investigation a variety of material on the subjects mentioned has presented, from which I have gleaned some fragments, which, as they promise to be inter-esting to the readers of the present day, are herewith presented. The first extracts are from the unpublished account of a journey to Upper Sandusky, in 1799, performed by some of the members of the In-dian Committee of Baltimore Yearly Meeting, and written by George Ellicott. He appears to have considered that any narrative of the kind should be preceded by information con-cerning the Indians, as they were in former years; and had therefore prepared a preface to this work, compiled from the writings of Jeffer-son, and other authorities, from which the fol-lowing is taken: