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forget the injuries done them by the whites, and he hoped they might practice it. They said they were a very little company, but they had long resolved to improve and live like good white men. They had given up hunting and drinking whiskey; and were trying to live by farming. They wished us to tell our friends at the east, that they were going to build a school house and have a school for thier children. They appeared to be very sincere in thier remarks, and we were encouraged to hope that they would continue on in thier improvements. They were further advanced in civilization than any of the Tribes we had previously visited. The ChiefThomas T Hendrick, had quite a library of books and could write tolerably well. They complained that they had not recieved thier portion of the money due them for the lands sold the Government at Green Bay, that they were promised this money at the time of thier removal; but have not yet had it: and that they needed it in carrying on thier farming op- erations, and were now suffering for want of it-- that they were poor and not able to go to Washington but desired that friends would lend them some as- sistance in getting thier just dues. We accidentally met with an aged female Indian residing not far from this settlement of Stock- bridges who appeared perfectly bright although she had lived to the advanced age of seventy four years She was living in a small log cabin, her name is Catherine Everett, she told us that when she was a child, she lived at Eavesham New Jersey, and that she was well acquainted with friends, and said she knew that dear old friend Joshua Evans, the man who wore a long beard. She said she thought him the best man in the world, he was so very good to the poor Indians, and she always loved the Quakers from her childhood, and thought a great deal about her good friends in the east; and she believed they prayed both for her and for the Indians in the west; and that thier pray- ers were heard and answered;and that she rejoiced that the Lord had remembered them, and sent the Quakers to see them and encourage them; for they needed it. She knew she was a poor ignorant old creature; but sometimes she hoped to be permitted to meet her Saviour in that Mansion where Christ had gone to prepare for his followers; where there was no difference between the white man and the red man for she thought there would be but one place for the good white man, and the good red man; and one place for the bad white man and the bad Indian She desired we and our friends would remember the poor Indian in the west. Sometimes she awoke in the morning, her soul was filled with love to God and all mankind: to a great many that she never saw in this world. She said she knew she was a very poor old woman and had been very wicked, but hoped the Lord would forgive her; and she was sometimes comforted in remembering that Christ said; he that cometh to him he would not cast off. She said she wanted we should give her love to our brethren in the East; and desired them to pray for her, for she was a poor crea- ture. The fervent prayer of a righteous man said she avails much. Sometimes she was very sick and thought she should die, and at those times she thought she should be happy; for her soul was filled with love to God and to everybody. She wanted to think of God all the time; it made her so well in her heart, putting her hand to her breast. When we were about parting with her she appeared much affected; so that the tears rolled down her furrowed cheek. She observed we might never meet again in this world, for it was but a little time that we had to stay here--but we should meet again in another world where there would be no more trouble. I am said she, a poor red creature, and dont know much, but I feel to love God, that has done so much for me through Christ. We next visited the Delawares, They are situated on the west side of the Kansas River, opposite the Shawnees, and number about one Thousand souls. They have an excellent country, calculated to support a large population. About one half of them are in an improving condition; cultivating corn and vegetables --