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Ninth month 24th, [1803], (Continued). On meditat-ing on the occurrences of the day and what we haveseen and heard and felt since we came amongst them,I felt a secret satisfaction to spring in my heart, ac-companied with a belief that the Everlasting Fatherand Care-taker of men owns the concern for the im-proving of these inhabitants of the wilderness, andthat their understandings were more clearly openedto see into the nature, utility, and disinterestednessof our labor, expense, and concern for their improve-ment. Last evening our horses came, we having sentthree Indians for them last Fourth-day to FrancisKing's, near sixty miles from hence, where we leftthem. We were glad to see them, though they ap-pear to be more worsted than if we had been ridingthem every day. 25th. and fist of the week. Sat with our youngmen in company with Steven, the blacksmith, up theriver, in their meeting which was silent. 26th. A rainy morning; we threshed and winnowedsix bushels of oats for [the use of] our horses[going] through the wilderness to Cattaraugus. 27th. We all set off, in company with Jacob Tay-lor, and rode through the wilderness to a spring on agreat mountain and encamped, having a fine day toride, and at night to lodge under our tent, it beingthe same place where I lodged four years ago,--a most tremendous night with rain and wind. Here we metwith Blue Eyes who lodged with us; it being twenty-five miles; almost all the way excellent land. 28th. Rode twenty miles to the Seneca village on Cattaraugus, passed through the village of DelawareIndians, and propose to lodge with the chief warrior of the Cattaraugus Senecas. I described the land andtimber of this day's ride, heretofore, which upon asecond view I think was not exaggerated. Arrivedhere about three o'clock. Although some of ourcompany, for a considerable time in the forepart ofour journey, appeared somewhat delicate as to foodand lodging, I find almost any person of common un-derstanding by constant practice in any kind of busi-ness becomes in good measure perfect; so we all ap-pear to be approaching towards a reconciliation withour present allotment. The chiefs of this settlement,being scattered so that we could not get them to-gether this evening, we concluded to have them col-lected to-morrow. 29th. About ten o'clock, forenoon, seven or eightchiefs, with perhaps ten or twelve young men, orwhat they call "warriors," collected in the chief war-rior's house; and, after a short pause, Lieutenant Joopened the council with a congratulatory speech tothis effect: Brothers, we believe it was consistent with themind of the Great Spirit, that we should meet hereto-day. We thank the Great Spirit for preservingyou in your long journey to see us; and it is quiteplain to us that he intends to do us good, because hehas put it into the hearts of the Quakers to come andsee us, and to instruct us; and now you are come,have found us, (and we have met you), all in goodhealth, our hearts are so filled with thanks to theGreat Spirit above, and to you, that we can not ex-press it. Then Teconondee, or Flying Arrow, the principalsachem of this village, arose and addressed us to thisimport: