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I believe, were reached this day. Yet my joy wasnot of long continuance; for about eight o'clock inthe evening, some of our jolly fellow-travellers, pro-moted an Indian dance, in which they joined. TheIndians were about twenty in number, with severalwhite men in the ring, and a candle in the centre.Round and round they danced, with ungrateful grunt-ing, barking, and at intervals, screaming and hollow-ing — the war dance, the peace dance, the scalpingdance, &;c. which they continued till near midnight,frequently regaling themselves with spirits. Thisconduct, considering the solemn importance of ourbusiness, proved very exercising to my mind, andalmost overwhelmed me with discouragement. 29th. I felt heavy, and sorrowful, on accountof the last evening's conduct, which I suggested tosome of our leading gentlemen. I also testified mydisapprobation of such conduct, to the Indians; inwhich I was joined by a squaw, whose husband, byway of apology, told me, white men promoted it,and joined them in it. This I was constrained toadmit, however degrading. So that upon the whole,contrasting Indians and whites, of all nations, uponthe broad scale, our superiority appears but imag0-nary, and does not exist. About five o'clock this afternoon, arrived Capt. Elliott, Capt. McKee, Simon Girty, and one Smith,with Ocohongehelas, the great Delaware war chief,and about twenty other Indians from Miami. TheIndians encamped opposite to us, on Bay’s LongIsland. The white men came over to us, and in-formed, that the Indians were much dissatisfied, onthe report of their deputation to the commissionersat Niagara; and had sent their second embassy, ex-