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Minutes of the Committee on Indian Concern No 1

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Indians as may be found necessary Adjourned to 6'o'clock in the evening preceding the Meeting for Sufferings in the Twelfth Month next at Pearl Street Meeting House, New York. At a Meeting of the Committee on the Indian Concern held in New York 7 of 12 mo 1812 Present 16 Members Two of the Committee appointed to visit the Indians report that they in company with two of the General Committee had made a visit to the Western Tribes under our notice, the report is as follows to wit We have performed a visit in company with Gideon Seaman &; Joseph Frost to the Brothertown, Stockbridge Oneida &; Onondaga Tribes Some of those of Brothertown are very industrious &; improving in agriculture, but in general they have not made that improvement that might have been