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so much progress in the cultivation of the earth as some others, yet from the disposition for improvement which they manifest, we are encouraged to persevere in our attention towards them; and a friend &; his wife, (Absalom &; Ruth Hatfield) offering to go &; reside amongst them &; endeavor to instruct them in agricultural &; domestic concerns, it was approved &; they are now settled there for that purpose The attention of the Committee has also been turned to the Indians on Montauk Point, Long Island &; a visit made them, and we are induced to believe they are entitled to the further care of Friends. The Committee have received a proportion of the liberal donation of Friends in England for the purpose of improving the situation of the Indians, by which means they have been enabled to extend their views for their benefit, which the want of Friends had hitherto prevented. In closing this report we are willing to add that in our deliberations on this interesting subject we have