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going to B. S.'s. This night we took up our lodgings at a very good inn, kept by a Doctor Stockden. Although in the midst of the Oneida Indians, and 300 or 400 miles inland from Phila- delphia or New-York, the room in which I slept was elegantly furnished. It had an excellent bed, &;c. the floor was spread with good carpet, and the curtains of the windows and of the bed were of smart Manchester print. I observed several stout Indian men sitting in the bar room; but they were not suffered to get intoxicated, which I thought was greatly to the Doctor's credit, as many of the tavern keepers supply them to excess. 11th Month, 23d. We set out early and came to a large good inn, belonging to an Oneida Indian, who has assumed the name of John Denny. This is a large brick house, having four good rooms, and a spacious passage and staircase on the ground floor. The rooms were not less than 18 feet by 20 feet, lofty and well furnished. He had an offer of 82l. 2s. 6d. a year rent for it, or one dollar per day, which he had accepted. This house of Denny's, and that belonging to Stockden, were built by Indian workmen, and do them great credit. Denny has two daughters, one of whom was lately married to a German, a respectable farmer; and her father, according to a promise he made, gave him one bushel of dollars as her portion; and, I was told, he sometimes says, that