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to be Religious worthy woman observing her to be employ'd in Catichizing her Children in the afternoon she was Asked whether she was in the practice of so doing on first days she reply'd she was regularly &; that twice in the day which practice of inculcating the good principals of Religion in Children in the afternoon on first days is a requested having he requested that the Chiefs of his nation might have an opportunity of communicating some things they had on their minds which they did in the evening, several of their Chiefs assembling, Hendricks began with a relation of the origin of their present settlement there unhappy uneasiness in their little tribe from such as saidwere disposed to live without a necessary subordination that to Rules &; was necessary to govern all Bodies of People notwithstanding their body was small yet they had found it necessary to have Rules to govern them then he Rehears'd part of them which appeared well calculated to preserve harmony &; Concord among them, but some of them still remaining unwilling to sign them such they deprive of certain privaledges untill they sign, that theywhich they at any time may do &; then have equal priviledges with the rest of their brethren 13th of 6th month We met them in general counsel their Missionary John Sargeant was ask'd to walk in with us as the place of meeting their meeting house in within a few rods of this as we could do no less having had an invitation this morning by a few lines to breakfast with him &; Daughters which we kindlyaccepted, after we were seated. Hendrick in behalf of his people opened the Counsel by saying they were glad to see us, and were now ready to hear what we had to say, then we proceeded to open our business and payand our pay after which we endeavouring to impress them with a sense of the necessity their present state required of exerting themselves