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the practical duties of farming &;c &; the Girls in sewing knitting, spinning, &; generally in the business of the family. The orderly deportment of the children &; their improvement were highly satisfactory, During the Period under review the Shawanese were furnished by Friends with Ploughs &; other necessary implements, instructed in the use of them, &; assisted in various kinds of labour. The Indian Women were provided with spinning wheels &;c, as also with wool, Flax, and other articles, and instructed in such kinds of business as was suitable for them. The older Indians were not only pleased with the education of their children but they themselves made important advances in the habits of Morality, industry, &; economy: They built themselves good hewn Log houses, opened farms, introduced the Plough, raised considerable stock &; were greatly improved in habits of sobriety: about this time (1832) the Shawnese sold their lands at Waughpokonatta to the United States, &; removing beyond the Mississippi settled upon a tract of Excellent land on the Kanzas river, near the western boundary of the state of Missouri, distant about 700 miles from Cincinnati. A united Cooperation between Baltimore &; Ohio Yearly Meetings in relation to this concern commenced in 1816, &; in 1821 it was extended to Indiana Yearly Meeting, from which time to the present the active duties of the Concern have been confided to the Committees of Ohio &; Indiana: The printed copy of the Extracts from the Minutes of our Yearly Meeting for 1835 which we herewith send you, contains the present plan for the joint operation &; government of the Committees of the three Yearly Meetings. Under this plan we have created the necessary buildings for the accommodation of a family &; School, &; have again opened an Establishment among the Shawnese; By recent accounts recieved through our friends of Indians respecting the present state of the Undertaking, it appears that the Super Intendant has raised the past year &; taken care of about 200 Dozen of wheat, of oats the product of 2 1/2 acres, &; put up 8 to 10 tons of hay, &; has raised on an extent of 6 to 7 acres, Good Corn &; vegetables sufficient for the use of the family, and that there are two horses, four cows, &; four young cattle belonging to the Establishment. The school was opened 1st of First month 1838 &; continued for 3 monthes when it was dismiss- ed on account if sickness--Average number of children 15 or 18: The school is again in operation &; a meeting for Worship is regularly held at the Establishment, &; a portion of the Holy Scriptures read in the school agreeably to the direction given by the Committee. Although during the prosecution of this very interesting concern difficulties have frequently occured to mar the Work from the Disturbed state of the Indian Tribes among themselves, &; from the unsettled condition of the Indians consequent upon the policy of our Government for their removal west of the Mississippi, yet we have the satisfaction to believe, that important benefits have resulted to them from our benevolent &; disinterested labour on their account, which with the entire confidence they continue to repose in Friends furnishes us with sufficient ground for active perseverance therein. The Efficient prosecution of our undertaking among the Shawnese will necessarily involve a considerable annual expenditure of Means and it would be cordial to us to have your assistance in the continuance &; extension among them of the advantages of Civilization &; Christian Instruction. With a salutaion of Love we remain your Friends: Signed by direction &; on behalf of a Meeting of the Committee of Baltimore Yearly Meeting charged with Indian Concerns held 14th of Third Month 1839 by Saml. Carey Clerk