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friendly. We informed them, by an interpreter, ofour friendly motives in this visit, and explained ouruniform peaceable principles and practice, for morethan one hundred years; and that we wished to pro-mote peace in our country. He told us, eight oftheir principal men were gone to the Council at Miami Rapids, with pacific views and intentions.They took leave of us in a decent, respectable man-ner. This day, we had two meetings in the king's sail-loft, largely attended by citizens, officers, and sol-diers, of Detroit, which, though deeply exercising,wading us through mire, and dirt, and rubbish, yetwere to a good degree, satisfactory. 1st of 7th mo. Breakfasted at Capt. Elliott's: af-terwards, attended the burial of Isidore Shone, atthe Roman chapel, where the priest in his pontificalrobes, was preceded by a man bearing on an ensignlike a halbert, a large cross; and attended by singers,and two little lads, each with a candle. They, withthe priest and singers, were clothed in black petti-coats, and covered over the arms and shoulders witha white surplice, which reached down to the knee.When the coffin, which was covered with a blackpall with costly fringe, approached the threshold ofthe chapel, the bearers made a small halt, the priestturned round with a brush in his hand, and sprinkledwater on the apparatus about the deceased. I didnot go inside of the house, but saw numbers of light-ed candles burning in it; which made but a feintlight, as the sun shone bright, and the day was ex-ceeding warm. Notwithstanding which, the eccle-siastical part of the procession went bare-headed, and very slow, muttering, or rather growling, a sen-