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New England Yearly Meeting's response to proposition of New York to send qualified persons west of Mississippi to inquire fully into situation of Indians, &;c. Providence 8 Mo. 10th. 1840 Dear Friend Mahlon Day I am directed by the Committee of our Yearly Meeting on the concern of the Indians located west of the Mississippi to inform the Committee of your Yearly Meeting on this concern that the Extracts from the Minutes of your Yearly Meeting and of your Committee relation thereto were duly laid before us by the Friends appointed by you to confer with us upon the subject who acceptably met with us at the time of holding our late Yearly Meeting--and for your information I subjoin the Report of our Committee and an Extract from the Minutes of the Yearly Meeting and of the Committee on this concern. To New England Yearly Meeting The Committee continued under appointment last year to correspond with similar Committees of other Yearly Meetings on the concern of the Indians located west of the Mississippi--report--that we have corresponded with the Committees of New York, Baltimore and Indiana Yearly Meetings, but that way has not yet opened to proceed in carrying into effect the concern of New York Yearly Meeting as communicated to us and united with last year. An interesting document from that meeting we herewith present. From the Committee of Indiana Yearly Meeting we have received a request to unite with them in their care over the Shawnee Tribe of Natives; but it does not appear to us that this would fully embrace the concern of this Meeting; which we understand to be, to promote in any way that we may be able, the welfare of the vast numbers west of the Mississippi, towards whom our Society have not heretofore extended any particular attention. And we are united in judgement that it is desirable to send one or more suitably qualified