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A reply was also written and forwarded to the Indian Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting in part as follows: Dear Friends,- The correspondence has, on our part, been suspended till the account should be received from the Western Indians, which is now communicated by you; they pro-bably conceiving that Friends, wherever situ-ated, act as one body united. As the Friends of Pennsylvania have had a correspondence with them at times, from the first settlement of the country, and as they, in their present address, have alluded to former transactions, it seems the more necessary for us to apply to you for information on that head. We have been aware of our own inability at present to do any great matters, and have endeavored to guard against raising their expectations. A speech was some time ago communicated to some of the chiefs of the Wyandot nation, at the Upper Sandusky, with a view to inform them that we were de-sirous of turning their minds to some of the most simple arts of civil life; and we wished to know of them whether it would be agreeable to them to make such a movement. They in-formed us that they would lay the subject be-fore their council and return an answer. A copy of the speech was left with them addressed to the chiefs of the Wyandot, Shawanese and Delaware nations, and of which we herewith hand you a copy also.