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The Friend alluded to then proceeded:— BROTHERS, About six years ago, we believe, the Good Spiritput into our hearts, at our great council, held in thistown, to endeavour to do something for the Indians;and, about four years ago, two others, besides myself,went over the Great Mountains, westward, in orderto see your situation, and to know your disposition,whether you would receive any thing from us or not. We wished to go to Sandusky, expecting to findthe greatest number of Indians at that place. Wecould not get a guide till we got to the forks of Scioto,where we agreed with one to take us to Isaac Zane's. At that place, we were informed that anumber of chiefs were at Detroit. We sent for some Wyandot chiefs, who resided about 25 miles from Isaac Zane's, and had a confer-ence with them. We informed them of the desireour society had, to do something for the Indians that would be useful to them. From thence we went toUpper Sandusky. Isaac Zane piloted us, and there, also, we had a conference with some of the Delaware chiefs. We wanted to know whether they wouldbe willing to be instructed, on their own lands, ina way to procure a sufficiency for them to eat; to have a mill to grind their corn, and have their chil-dren instructed to read and write? They informedus, that they could not give us an answer at that time,but would lay our proposals before their council. About three years ago, we received a speech anda belt of wampum from a council held at Detroit;the speech did not contain an answer to the propo-sals made to them, but an invitation to us to attendtheir council. (A short pause.) The Little Turtle, chief of the Miamis, said:— BROTHER, It is not usual for us to interrupt any one in