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strong desire to know if they had any religius Rites or Ceremonies amongst them, and last evening we ha having some conversation with Cornplan- -ter on the Subject, he informed us, they had two Solemnities in a year, when it was the practice for their men and women, gene- -rally to meet together in one place; the first was in the spring, the other in the fall about the time Corn was ripe; the lat- -ter as a time or rejoicing, and to re- -turn thanks to the great Spirit for this Blessing. the did not keep the first day of the week, but every one tryed to think good in his own Mind; and as we could he queried read the Bible he queried whether there was anything said in it about the Indians, we informed him the Bible mentioned all nations, kindreds, Tongues, and People, and that included the Indians, and we would have been glad to have mentioned to told him, tho the Indians could not read the Bible yet they were not Wholy deprived of the benefits of the coming of Christ, for that a manifestation