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which amounted to three dollars a Soul they call'd us into the house and inform'd us that the had reserv'd a little for us -- Observeing that we had now been a great while among them trying to do them good and had given them a great deal, &; said they knew we were not in the way of hunt- ing to get meat as they did, that we had to buy Skins to make ourselves Mokinsons, and that it was very hard if they should never give us any thing to help us to get our liveing -- We replied the offer was very kind of them but that we did not stand in need of any assistance - that we came among them to do them good and try to learn them the good ways of the White people, and that we often had told them we wanted nothing from them for all our trouble, but when we stood in need of any money to buy provisions our friends gave it to us, that we did not depend on the forrests for meat but killd the Pig and the Cow, and that many of the Indians was very kind to us when they killd plenty of meat they often gave us share -- Corn-planter then observ'd we had but