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the men to persevere in the cultivation of their lands; and also suggested the propriety of their women learning the arts of spinning, knitting &; after some time spent in deliberating on the subject, they requested time for further consideration in order unitedly to decide thereon In taking into view the situation of the different Tribes, we believe there is cause of encouragement for further exertions of Friends and as Absalom &; Ruth Hatfield are dissmissed from their station, we think it right to suggest to the Committee the propriety of hiring a man to labor alternately with the Oneida &; Stockbridge Tribes through the ensuing season; and also extending the same care towards the Onondago Tribe by employing Ephrain Webster to devote a part of his time amongst them, by which means an opportunity would be afforded for instructing them more effectually in the necessary branches of agricultural improvement