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Walked down the river, one mile and ahalf, to Simon Girty's, a great white-man-chiefamong the Wyandots. He was not at home. Re-turned, and had some agreeable conversation withGeneral Cheaping, on Indian affairs; also concerningwomen's preaching. He appears to be a judiciousman in most respects. 27th. Had a solid conversation with Gov. Ran-dolph, Capt. Ford, and Lieut. Givenz, of the army, —on slavery, war, swearing, and debauchery. Whenmen are closely pinched, I find their nearest way toget rid of a difficulty, is a denial of the Scriptures,turn Deists, and explain away the weighty parts ofthe moral law. 28th. First-day. Walked three miles, and were paddled about three miles more in a canoe, by twoIndians, to a meeting we had appointed on theIsland of Grosseel, where fifty or sixty people col-lected, who behaved with solid gravity. We werefavoured to feel an evidence of the simplicity, purity,and spirituality of the gospel dispensation, which Ihope was preached to them in the pure disinterestedlove thereof. We returned with peaceful minds andthankful hearts. After meeting, a woman said, sheblushed to tell me, that the preceding evening, shejoined with others, in condemning us as wolves in sheep's clothing; but she was now fully convinced,that what she had been seeking abroad amongst formsand shadows, was to be found at home in her ownheart; and hoped to retain a thankful remembranceof the mercy vouchsafed to her that day: adding,she did not lament her troubles and exercises, whichwere great, seeing they had, at length, brought herto the discovery of the way of life. Many others,