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Joshua Sharpless's Journal Into Indian Country, 1798

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do; and we hope Brothers, we shall con- -tinue to be of one Mind about all the things we have been speaking to you of. Brothers, you know the place we have chosen for our Young Men to begin upon, at Genisengh -guhta, and we hope some some of your young men will settle by them, and fence of lots for themselves as they see them fence of theirs, &; our young men will be willing to assist and instruct them in work- -ing their lots; And we think our young men will will not be able to raise any more of their lot this year, than what they will want for themselves to live on; but we hope against another year they will have a little to have; and we are willing they should give to your old and inform people that cant work, one bushel out of four of all the grain &;c they have to spare, Brothers, in order to encourage you still more to take up work like the White people and to follow those ways we pointed out to you, we will agree to help you a little more. Brothers, we will send you Smiths Tools, when our young shall Write us word you stand in need of them. Brothers, if you are industerous this Sum- -mer and raise a good deal of Corn and some Wheat, we will help you to build a Grist- Mill next summer, if a suitable place can be found for it; you must find half the Mo- -ney to build this Mill, and we will find the