NYYM_scrapbook_143

Ohio Yearly Meeting's Agency at Kansas River 4 Mo. 12th 1840 Near Wilmington Ohio Mahalon Day, My Dear friend Accompanying this, thou will receive a copy of our last Yearly Meeting's Minutes I refer thee and your Committee on Indian concerns to our report on the corispondance with your and with friends of New England Yearly Meeting for their discision in the case, thou will find it on page 26. I am just willing briefly to state to thee reasons we have for proposing the change in the location of our contemplated Agency whi- ch are that it is now altogether uncertain when the law providing for the Government of the Indians will be past by Congress, and when passed if passed atall, the seat of the- ir Federal Government will in all probability be located am- ong the Cherokees Chochtaws, or some of the numerous tribes in the sothern part of the Indian Teritory, which is a considerable distance from the Shawnees, the imediate objects of our care and as the many small tribes, and remnants of tribes are situated contageous to them, and less cared for by our Government than the larger tribes I have alluded to, it has seemed to us that we were best satisfied to propose to our Dear friends who are thus concerned, to have the Agency located at our Establishment on the Konsas River, we thought that an Agency might be placed with our friends who may be residing at that place without so great expenses, and do more good among the much neglected remnants of tribes who are for more exposed to the intreagues of the avoricious white Man, than the larger and better informed Nations are. I have hastly sketched this on behalf of our corispon- ding Committee and hope friends understand us on the subject I am about setting off for the Konsas River with my family to take charge of our school establishment among the Shawnees where I expect we shall remain for two years as Agents of the society. Any communication you may please to forward for our Committee, I suppose might be