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Report of Committee to visit Onondagas 1811 We had an interview with the Onondagos on the 14 of 6th Mo, 1811 a Number present with their Cheifs they exprest a gladness in the oppertunity, appeared hearily to thank the Great Spirit in preserving us on our long Jurney and giving us this Opertunity We then informed them that we Joined with them in Ackno- ledging the kind care of the great Spirit in preserving us and in giving us this Oppertunity and that We for a long time had them on our minds and that we believed that the great spirit warmed our hearts with Desires to do them Good, and that we had come for that intent, tho it is but a little that we could do. We then presented the letter--they then very Deliberately took up and Considered every sentence in the Letter and Oth- erwise communicated and exprest their approbation--they then informed us of their situation their former manner of living said they, had got their eyes opened, saw it was best to cultivate the land and that they ware willing to work but wanted Oxen and Farming tools and some body to shew them how to mannage, that they had Confidence in their Brothers the Quakers. They wanted their Instruction and advice and above all they wishd a strickt attention and care to their Childrens education, they wanted a school among them for (say they) if we send them abroad they Learn what is bad, Get their mind alineated from a love and desire to do the Nation Good, and feel above them, and so become Useless to the Nation and white people to, by mixing with the Baser sort of whit people, and so bring in that which is bad which their young people learn--for which they are very sorry--but if they had a school among them they could often put them in mind to fear the Great Spirit and so bring them up to love their Parrents and Nation, and so the would becom useful and make good interpreters for them. The Next day 15th we met them at one of their feasts of Worship near all the Na- tion present they again thanked the Great Spirit for preserving us another night and gibing us another oppertunity, we then told them that we whare very glad to find them thus mindfull of the Great Spirit and that we desired to join with them in the