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18th. This Day attended a general Council of the Bro-thertown Indians, at their Town, about 9 miles from the Stockbridge Settlement; who, as usual, were a long Time in getting together; we opened our Business without any Interpreter, these people mostly understanding English, and using no other Language in their families; after which and reading our Certificate to them; we desired their pa-tience, reminding them that we had come a great way to see them in Love, without any prospect of