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some pecuniary assistance, mostly to procure Bread Corn; that divers of the Indians appear to be religious sober minded persons, and very sensible of the perniceous effects of storng drink, and concern'd for their People on that acccount- yet others still gave way to that weakness - That they found several young Men from Pensylvania Members of our Society residing amongst them, from their own concern and under the direction of a Committee, of the Yearly Meeting of Philadelphia, for the instruction and Improve -ment of the Indians; who informed them, that altho they met with many discouragements, yet on the whole there is an improvement amongst them, that the Indians form a desire that their Children, may have some School learning, have several Schools amonst them, one of which is taught by one of the forementioned Friends; the other by their own People; several of the Tribes, express'd the satisfaction they had in the visit paid them by our Friends in 1795, signify- -ing that it had been useful to them, which appear'd to have been the case - The Indians viewed the visit kindly, express'd their gratitude for this further attention of care and regard for them - That tho the visit was attended with some fateague yet they had a good degree of satisfac- -tion therein - Sign'd by direction, and on behalf of the Comittee John Barron The care and attention manifsted by the Committee, to those people is satisfactory to the Meeting; and the comfortable quit that