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They keep horses cattle and hogs and an abundance of fowls. Most of them live in comfortable log or timber houses, and are advancing slowly in civilization. Some few of them have cast off the blankey, and adop- ted the dress and manners of the whites, have given up drinking whiskey and send thier children to school-- a large portion of them however yet remain in an uncivilized state, wear the blanket, hunt some, and man- ifest no disposition to improve in anything good. They drink whiskey, fight and are addicted to all the views common to the Indian in his savage state. Some of these are celebrated hunters and warriors and often fight thier way through the wild Tribes quite to the Rocky Mountains. They kill the Buffalo and bring home the skins, and barter them away with the traders for whiskey and other articles, such as beads wampum &;c. Thier near location to the line of Missouri, and the whiskey sellers and other traders who settle on or near the line operates as a great hindrance to thier improvement; and will continue to be a bar in the way of thier advancement while these un- principled traders are suffered to carry on a trafic with them. Every advantage appears to be taken of thier ignorance as well as thier natural thirst for drinking. We met with two of thier principal Chiefs and some of thier head men at the Bap- tist Missionary house, and rendered them such advice as appeared to us proper upon subjects relating to thier welfare; all of which they appeared to recieve kindly according to thier reply. They refered to the friendship which had long existed between the Quakers and the Delawares, and said that this friendship had never been broken; and after speaking of the wrongs that had been practiced upon them by some of the whites, they said, the Quakers had never injured them; that they had never opened thier viens nor so much as scratched them. They were pleased that we had thought so much about them as to come so great a distance to see them. They hoped they should mind what we had said to them and try to improve. The chief said he was sorry that there were no more of his people present on this occasion; but hoped we should not be discouraged, for it was a pity for any one to begin to do good and then give it up. There are quite a number of was chiefs be- longing to this Tribe, who refused to meet with thier brethren on this occasion; having at a previous time met and heard some remarks touching thier dissipation and other immoral practices with which they were not well pleased, and were decidedly opposed to meeting again on such an occasion. We did not however feel satisfied to leave without seeking an opportunity with them; and accordingly appointed a time when we would like to meet them at one of thier own houses: and when the time came we met some ten fifteen of them, and addressed them on subjects relating to thier moral and religious welfare, to all of which they expressed thier satisfaction; saying they were glad to have us talk, and hoped they should mind what had been said to them. Although these fierce looking warriors had previously made some secere threats against the first man who should name these subjects to them; they offered no violence or unkind treatment to us; but appeared very attentive and willing to hear us speak with freedom on all the subjects relating to thier welfare; and them addressed us in a kind manner. The head Chief saying he was glad to see his dear brothers and hear them talk, and hoped they should mind what was said to them. We them parted with them feeling much relieved, and they manifesting much affectionate feeling towards us. The Moravians, Methodists, and Baptists, have each separate missions among the Delawares. The Baptists have a small school where some ten of fifteen children are annually