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confined more of their Houses, and amongst their Children, where they ought to be. And such has lately been the Case, as we are creditably informed, among the Oneida’s, that if a Man was catched caught by his friend cutting off a stick of wood, or how-ing a Hill of Corn, he would appear as much ashamed, as if he had been caught in a dis-honorable or wicked Action. At the Close of this Council we had a Conference with the Chiefs; from which, and our own Observations, we learn, that the Oneida’s possess a large Tract of excellent Land,