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The deputation left their homes on the 7th of 5th mo. 1799, on horse-back and with pack horses to carry a tent, provisions for the jour-ney which would be necessary after leaving the settlements of Friends of Ohio, and useful pres-ents to the Indians. It may be as well to men-tion at this point, as the subject has not been al-luded to before in this Appendix, that of all the missions we have referred to as sent out by the Indian Committee of Baltimore Yearly Meeting, the Friends engaged in them travelled on horse-back, and experienced privations which in this day of railroads and telegraphs cannot be appre-ciated. Valuable gifts for their Red brethren, their wives, and children, were never omitted on these occasions. At the next meeting of the Indian Commit-tee, which was held in Baltimore, the 15th and 16th of 10th month, 1799, the Friends who had been appointed to visit the Indians made their report, viz: Pursuant to our appointment we sat out on a visit to the Indians, the 7th of 5th month last, and arrived the 3d of the next month at Upper Sandusky, the principal village of the Wyandots; we were met there by a friendly reception from Tarhie, (the Crane,) the head chief, and others of the nation who hap-pened to be at the village. On conferring with them they found that a mistake in translating their language had led to a misunderstanding respecting the time of hold-