SW_HJ1798_040

12th month 28thWe received the following Letter from the Indians of Cataraugus VillageBrothers Friends Quakers at the Allegany We have received your letter that you wrote and left with Wm. Johnson at Buffalo creek – we have Got a full understanding of what you wrote in your Letter – The instructions you gave pleases us very much in general – you may rely upon it that we are going to follow your directions, for we have swallow it in our breast and heart – Now Brothers we must inform you that we are a going to lay up money to buy Cattle and other useful articles 250 Dollars, and for the following year we mean to lay up as much more – The mill is a going on all agree when we are ready we will call on our friends the Quakers, we wish you to give us all assistance you can when we come to build, so that we don’t give too much for our works, our minds are determined to have our Brothers, Friends Quakers to oversee – We have fully determined to throw up drink-ing Whisky – and if there comes Traders on we have determined to order them off the Ground Brothers, We hope you will keep your mind strong