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between the Oneidas &; Stockbridges where we staid all Night it being the sun being set by the time we got hereby we sent a note of our being here to Captain Hendricks about three miles off the road being very bad which has been the case all the way from Whites town into a new Road lying on bad bottom for a Road the Timber very thick of different kinds there largest Kind is what they call Basswood the bark of which the Indians roof their houses, our Indian landlord &; wife appears frugal people &; somewhat of an Industrious appearance having nineteen two yoke of oxen several cows, his stock of Horn kind we were told was nineteen, twenty hogs little and big. He this morning which is the twelfth of the month informed us he had lost by Deathsome distemper particularly attendant to his place within five years Eleven Horses the eleventh died this morning he now lives in a house having two rooms on a floor and has the materials for Building a frame house to be covered with shingles over a sellar the workman to begin the work tomorrow he has eight Children the youngest in the arms the Wife speaks English he but very little, this morning Captain Hendricks with one or two others came to meet &; accompany us to his house where we Breakfasted &; whereby his consent - at our accustomed time we sat down with in his with his consort &; company in order to perform our duty to Worship he after which his freedom was ask'd with respect to our siting down in our orderly manner to worship the good spirit for which he freely consented to Likewise he with his wife and family and several others that came in sat with us in a very Solid commendable manner, the wife appears