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Some account of my residence among the Indians Continued -- 3rd Mo the 1st The weather very Cold and Snow near three feet deep In the last month the Indians generally collected to Cornplanters Town to perform their Yearly sacrifice where the continued near twenty days with their usual parade of dancing musick and feasting, and such was their zeal to have their people generally collected that a certain lame man whom we had instructing in school learning the drag'd on Deer skins to the Lower village and an old lame man unable to travel the drew 13 or 14 miles in the same manner -- At this time they had much counseling about appointing some young Chiefs but could not agree generally in their Choice -- At the Indians request the 2nd of this month I went to Cornplanters village in order to write something which they wish'd to keep in remembrance and on my arival they people were generally