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speech recently made before us by the Miami chief, the Little Turtle, which we herewith offer to yourconsideration, and believe the evil to be of such mag-nitude, that unless it can be altogether removed or greatly restrained, no rational hope of success in theproposed undertaking can be entertained; we areinduced to solicit the attention of the national legis-lature to this interesting and important subject, asubject which we believe involves not only theirfuture welfare, but their very existence as a people. Signed in behalf of the committee by, EVAN THOMAS, JOHN MCKIM. ELIAS ELLICOTT. JOEL WRIGHT. JOHN BROWN. GEORGE ELLICOTT. DAVID BROWN. Baltimore, lst month, 1st, 1802. The following address shows, that the femaleFriends took a deep interest in the cause of the In-dians, and that their efforts were duly appreciatedby the women of the Stockbridge tribe. In religion,in civilization, and all the useful arts of life, womenhave been pioneers, but often their efforts have beenpassed over in silence by the historian. To Hannah Eddy, Martha Titus, Elizabeth Seaman,and our other Sisters, of the people called Quakers, ofthe state of New-York, and elsewhere. DEAR SISTERS, We take this opportunity to inform you, that wehave been happy to see our worthy friends, ThomasEddy, Thomas Titus, and Gideon Seaman, who havegiven us good counsel, which do much good on ourminds. We thankfully accept of their good words,for we believe they are the children of light, and thewords they spoke flow from love. Sisters—We will also inform you, that we, and anumber of our Sisters of this nation, have, this seve-