Baltimore 2mo 9 1807

At a Meeting of the committee on Indian
concerns present 16 Members

William Kirk

having been taken into the
employ of the United States, and expressed a prospect
of removing his brother Mahlon Kirk to one of
the stations placed under his care by the Govern
ment; The sub committee informed that they
had written to those of our members residing at
Redstone, giving this information to them; And
had requested their assistance in procuring
suitable persons to succeed William &Mahlon
at Dennis Station, but no reply or information
was yet recd. from them.

The committee having taken the subject
into consideration concluded it would be
best, under the present state of things to con
tinue our exertions to procure a well quali
fied person to take charge of our settlement
on the Wabash but if no such can be attained
the sub committee were directed to write to Wm.
Wells

and desire him to employ a man to assist
the Indians on behalf of Friends in puting in
their crop the ensueing season and inform them that the President
of the United States, having employed the persons
which we had sent out to aid them, and no one
having offered to succeed them we had adopted this