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Day at present. After a considerable time of conference among themselves the following is the substance of a speech delivered by one of the Chiefs. Brothers Deweista, meaning Quakers We return thanks to the great Spirit to see you all well, and that the great Spirit has preserved your Women on so long a Journey, and that they are arrived safe in our country, &; we are much pleased they are going to stay amongst us to instruct our Women. We return thanks to the great Spirit that he has put this into your Hearts. We wish you therefore to make your Minds easy. They also seemed pleased with Hollidays Epistle, but that they were at a loss for an answer, as two of the heads of the Women were not there. After sitting near three hours in Council, exceed ing ly Warm and Close, we were dismissed, the Indians continuing their conference two horus longer on the business the young men laid before them and appeared much pleased with their proposals