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and Kaskaskia tribes of Indians, who lately passed through this city on their way to the Federal Government, feel no small degree of pleasure in having it in their power to gratify an inquisitive public with the interesting con-tents. Besides the members of the Society of Friends, many respectable persons of different religious persuasions were present, and the communica-tions were taken down with accuracy by Gerard T. Hopkins, a stenographer of great ability. William Wells, agent for the United States amongst the Indians North-west of the Ohio, was the interpreter. He was a native of Ken-tucky, and had been taken captive by the Miamis when only eight years of age,-had afterwards been adopted by one of the chiefs, and continued to reside amongst them. On this occasion he had attained his thirty-fifth year, and being possessed of good talents, not only spoke the language of the Tribes represented by the Little Turtle, the Five Medals, and other Indians present, but also the English language with fluency, and wrote well. On the first interview of the committee with the Chiefs, which was on the 26th of the 12th month, 1801, the exercises commenced by the following short, but expressive address from Elisha Tyson, in whose house the Indian Delega-tion, the Indian Committee and their friends, were convened; he was not at the time a member of