SW_JC1796_032

yet we believed he was not so much as to render him incapable and after a little time appeared it with repeating &; Imprinting the former agreement between Us and them relative to our farm &; things relative, to the carrying it on, which was now drawn and signed by Us, with a request that if they agree'd to them that their Chiefs would do so too, which they accordingly did, We endeavor'd to impress their Chiefs with the need there was for them to be kind to our Young Men who stay'd with them for their good and to watch over their young men andthat they should not be abusive to them when they were in Liquor. If they should what a grief it would be to their parents to hear of any such things towards their sons, after we expressing what we felt on the Occasion the Counsel concluded &; we all returned to our old quarters to Lodge for the last night. 7th: This morning after breakfast, took our leave of our Stockbridgefriends, many of them coming to take their leave of bid us farewell, had a solid opportunity with them &; parted not without considerable marks of respect from most more particularly from the women (who had all along discovered it by their strawberries &; other things for our sustenance,) went to our friends station, in order to take our farewell of where we came between 9 &; 10 O’clock at our usual time we all sat down in our little meeting capacity to feel after, a little refreshment which some of were favored with I believe, then took dinner at Schonodores