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Report to the Yearly Meetg. see 2d page back. To the Yearly Meeting The Committee on the concern relative to the Indians have not been unmindful of the trust reported in them, and although the progress of this people in civilization and moral improvement may not be equal to our solicitude for their welfare, yet we continue impressed with a sense of the ratitude of the cause, and of our duty to move in it as way may open in the clearness. Since our last report a visit has been made by four of our number to the Brothertown, Stockbridge &; Oneida Tribes, in each of which there were individuals of both sexes who were disposed to lead lives of sobriety &; industry, although some of the men were habituated to intemperance, hence they neglected the cultivation of their lands &; the mechanic arts. At Brothertown the residence of John Dean &; his family there is a prospect of thier becoming a more improved people, and from the report of the Committee we are induced to believe that the endeavors of our said friend &; his family will prove useful in divers respects. In the Stockbridge Tribe as heretofore it may be