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might be going on till way opens for some one else to undertake it, or if they should prove qualified for the undertaking, we have thought it might answer to employ some other friends to attend to the farming and general concerns, Absalom's health being so much impaired there is no probability of his being able to answer the purpose another year; and if a farmer is continued amongst them, it will be necessary to provide one to take his place in the Spring; and to be of much use to them in that line, he ought besides other qualifications to be a thorough smartman. The Onondaga Tribe appear to be an industrious sober people, having but little intercourse with the white people around them, placing no confidence in any but Friends. We think the way is quite open and an encouraging prospect of Friends being useful to them provided a suitable family could be got to settle near them a convenient place for the