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withdrawn from him -- We answer that when we first came among the Indians, we considered them as Children begining to learn to walk, and then we thought necessary to assist them, but after they had made some progress, and learn'd to do many things: it was not so necessary -- that now we did not expect to work much for the Indians, but to teach them to work for themselves - And that Children when they were learning to walk must be taken by the hand and helpt along, but when they got able to go alone, they learn'd the faster by that assistance being withdrawn from them -- You also complain that our friends at Tunesassa will not give you victuals when you go to the mill or when you are there about your own business -- We now want you to understand plainly, that our friends at Tunesassa are not come there to feed you -- there is a great many of you, and but one family of them and if they always entertained you, when you went to the Mill, or when you were