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to my bones, ministering much consolation and en-couragement, and animating with increasing ferven-cy and dedication, to encounter the difficulties of ourwilderness journey, with the varied conflicts andperils attendant thereon. We also received threegeneral epistles, one from James Pemberton, onefrom John Pemberton, and one from Henry Drink-er, all dated about 6th of 6th mo. 1793, which weremutually comforting and strengthening, to our littleband. To find and feel the help, sympathy, andtravail of the spirits of our friends at home, was likethe consecrating oil to each of us. This vessel alsobrought a letter to us from Col. Pickering, announ-cing the arrival of the Indian deputation, just as theywere about to embark — the commissioners were re-quested to return to Navy Hall, to have a shortspeech in the audience of Gov. Simcoe. As it wasto be a short conference, they desired our furtherpatience, and hoped to see us in a few days. Thisintelligence, after five weeks suspense, was not verypleasant. 14th. First of the week. Held a public meetingfor worship in the ship-yard, which was attended bya large number of people, divers of whom are near-ly attached to us. It was a solid, quiet season. Butthrough ignorance of the divine principle, through their inattention to it, and want of faith in it, truth,in this Babylonish land, does not rise into that do-minion, as I have felt it in some other places. I had an opportunity of conversing with Simon Girty's wife, who seems an inoffensive woman. Shehad been long a prisoner amongst the Indians. Shegave an account of many of their method of tortureon their enemies. She says they used frequently