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expected, considering the attention that has been paid them; many of them continue in the habit of drinking to excess, wherebythe necessary attention to the improvement of their land is neglected The Stockbridge nation we think have made considerable advancement in improving their lands and raising grain &; divers of them have raised some flax this season, encouraged thereto by their young women's learning to spin in consequence of being furnished by the Committee with wheels, flax, wool &; On their receiving these a general Council was called to consult on the method to be pursued in teaching their girls the use of them, and they unitedly agreed that a school should be established for the purpose, and that one of the Young Women educated in Pennsylvania should teach it, and some of their principal women superintend the business; and we find it has been conducted with regularity &; harmony. On our going into the School room, we found 38 bunches of yarn hanging in regular order, under the names of 38 girls &; women who had