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18th Some preparations makeing towards leaveing our friends tomorrow -- With respect to the Indians improve ment in the general, it appears from our obsevation and the account of our friends here that they continue to perseve-re in habits of industry - near 100 new houses have been built since the commit- -tee visited them three years ago most of them well put up with hewn Logs - very neatly notcht in at the Corners -- many of them cover'd with shingles &; have pannel Doors and Glass Windows and the houses kept much cleaner than formerly so that an evident Change in this respect has taken place since our women came among them -- Their farms are enclos'd under good fence from 8 to 10 rails high, and more detatch'd from each other than formerly -- a much greater proportion of Corn plan- ted this season then has been known before which generally looks well -- Many of them have rais'd Wheat &; Oats -- Several have raisd flax and we saw some buckwheat growing, besides Potatoes, Turnips 0