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/>C. Young told me that Skanando was never once intoxi-cated, and was looked unto with great respect as king ofthose Six Nations. The wife of this Chief went into thegarden and plucked me seven ears of corn just ripe,saying, Seven is a goodly number, must have seven:being pleased with some spoons and coffee, with a tinboiler, which I had given her. I told my friend CalvinYoung to leave me till the evening, among them, andI would go from hut to hut: so he did, and I went to onehouse which was very neat, with a curtain bed, whosehusband was a Frenchman, and she was handsome, andhad some beautiful children: but was very dirty forwant of washing herself, which I made a move for her todo. I was happy to see my friend, when he came for me;having not to eat any thing all the day; and rejoiced muchin my heart, that my eyes have seen this people, which hadmany times been shown me in a vision by the Lord, whohas brought me here to see a part of the workmanship ofHis Hand; whom our Lord Jesus Christ died for, whenHe yielded up His Soul an Offering for sin: but I wasmuch distressed with seeing number of drunken In-dins, who came this night and lay in the ditch: I thoughtthe devil sent them; for they came and lay down closeby the Inn where I was. I counted six who were yellinglike wild beasts; and had it not been for the goodness ofmy God, who sent a number of young neat squaws, welldressed on horse back, I think my mind would not havebeen able to support under the wretchedness of thosemiserable Indians, who were leveled with the beasts bytheir shameful conduct. One woman, of the name of Tally, was among thesquaws, who came early this morning, and she told me,that She had been to see a new prophet, which has risenup from among an Indian tribe two hundred miles off.Tally said that this prophet told her, He was formerlyvery wicked and much given to strong drink; but beingsick for three years, he became sober, and one day as hesat by the bed side, one knocked at the for, which the