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New York 5 mo 22 1817 To Friends in London Dear Friends We have been appointed by the Com- mittee of the Y.M. of New York on Indian Affairs to com- municate to you, &;, as you may see fit, to other Friends or to the Meeting for Sufferings in London some impres- sions that have been entertained by the Committee in re- lation to the Indians in Upper Canada. From information given to our Committee by friends who have traveled considerably thru in the upper province, on religious appointments services, as well as the more direct Statements containd in letters from that quarter we are persuaded that some of the tribes in that country are very suitable objects for benevolent exertion. One of those tribes, (the Messasagues,) whose habits are migratory &; unsettled, are described as holding a very low rank in the Scale of human intelligence; and their sufferings in the &; hardships are in consequence extremely severe. There is also a body of Indians settled mostly on Grand river composd of the remains of the Six nations, &; likewise an establishment of Mohawks in the vicinity of Adolphus where friends reside. These tribes it is believed would be