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Beyond Penn's Treaty

Baltimore Yearly Meeting Indian Committee Minutes

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we have not heretofore, thought our brothers at
that place sufficiently instructed to admit of our
withdrawing from them

Brother! As soon as we believed the time was
approaching, when the situation of our brothers
there, would admit of our extending assistance to
some other place, we turned our views to the
Turtles Town

as the next which should claim
our attention

Brother! our brothers on the Wabash & us have
had time and opportunity to get fully acquainted
with each other, and in proportion as our know
ledge of one another has increased, our love for
each other has been strengthened

Brother! They have signified to us, that they
are greatly thankful for the aid we have given
them, and they earnestly intreat us not to with
draw from them, we must therefore still continue
to render them some help, until they become
stronger & better able to help themselves

Brother! Our brothers on the Wabash have
now got a large piece of ground cleared & under
fences, and they are in some measure instructed
how to cultivate it; They will therefore we hope
begin to be able to do with less help from us
we have listened with attention to the request
of our brother to build him a mill, and as we
feel great love for him, and a strong disposition
to meet his wishes, as far as in our power, we
have concluded to do this for him, as we may find