warded to Fort-Wayne

, where they were imme-
diately distributed, as a present from the society
of Friends, and thankfully received by the
Indians.

A letter was received in the summer of 1803,
from the agent for Indian affairs at Fort-Wayne

,
in which he says:—

Since there have been no spirituous liquors
in the Indian country, they appear very indus-
trious, and are fond of raising stock. He also
expressed, as his opinion, that the suppression
of spirituous liquors in that country is the most
beneficial thing which has ever been done for
them by the United States; that there had not
been one Indian killed in that neighbourhood for
a year; and that in no preceding year, since the
treaty of Greenville

, had there been less than
ten, and in some years, as many as thirty, killed.
The agent further added, that the Indians
appeared to be very desirous of procuring for
themselves the necessaries of life, in our way;
but say they do not know how to begin. Some
of their old men say, The white people want
for nothing. We wish them to shew us how
to provide the many good things we see amongst
them. If it is their wish to instruct us in their
way of living, as they tell us it is, we wish