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29th: made ready, went to Oneida to meet them in Counsel intending to hastening the Opportunity, but got disappointed this time likewise, they had return'd from Stanwix but information was wrong with respect to the occasion of their going, it being on account of their being inform the Surveyors that was employ'd by government were about to Survey more of their land than in their Treaty they had agreed for that necessity required their speedy attention thereto however our earnestness for transacting of business, did not move them from their usual Deliberation, for when we informed them that we were desirous of meeting them to day they seemed to make an essay thereto, by sending a runner to bring them to Counsel, but after some time we were informed there could be no Counsel today that they had in Companies gone to their Corn field to hoe their Corn, that tomorrow they would meet us, this is the fourth day we have waited their motion without doing any business or advancing one step forward, after taking a Dinner with them of Venison &; Pigeon returned, to our welcome home 30th: About 8 o’clock we had the renewing sight of our long looked for friend Jacob Taylor who arriv'd with the goods at Fort Shylor yesterday about 11 o’clock, informed Us that he set out from Philadelphia on the 9th arriv'd at New-York the 17th at Albany stay'd there two days and on the 21st arrived at Albany both nearly one day land carriage from thence to Schenectady 22nd about 11 o’clock left that place and about the same time in the day of the 29th arrived at Fort Schyler freight &; wagon load fromfrom the one to other of the last named places, is 11 Dollars Boat carrying four