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and that they would Shut their Ears to all such Whisperings in future. Then said, they had been trying to improve in farming, and if they did not come forward as fast, and as well as we desired the Quakers desired, they must not get discouraged, but conti- -nue there care, and Assistance towards them. Upon enquiring of our young Men here, they informed us there was some improvment a- -mong the Oneida’s since they came, tho not such as they wished to have seen, they Plough more, and fence more, they sow more Wheat, and have more lots of Meadow. They are computed young and old to amount to at about 600, and are scattered 10 or more miles distant, tho their largest number is with- -in two miles of this place. They have a large enclosure here of perhaps 200 Acres, wherein the keep their horses, of which they have more than necessary, their Cows, and Swine; and in said enclosure are many of their Horses, and they plant their Corn, sow their Wheat and Oates, and have their mea- -dow lots without, but this mode of farm- -ing, it looks likely they will have to change before long, for the have sold their Lands,