furnished to them; and as this nation appear earnestly
disposed to avail themselves of the assistance which is given
them, and manifest a disposition to become industrious
the committee indulge an expectation, that their efforts
here will suceed. These people have now a considerable
quantity of land in cultivation & many of them raise
as much grain as is necessary for the consumption of their
own families-They have also a considerable number of
cattle Hogs &c. The committee have latterly also extended
some aid to two villages of the Delawares

upon the
Muskingum river, and have the satisfaction to believe
that an improvement is taking place amongst these

In attending to this service they have hitherto
embraced no other objects than those connected with
the cultivation of the soil, and the introduction of
some of the arts of civil life amongst the Indians, yet
while these have been viewed as necessary preliminaries
in the civilization of those people, the committee have
not been unmindful of the importance of School learning
and those considerations which relate to their religious
improvement but have not yet thought it best to attempt
the introduction of Schools amongst them

It may not be improper further to remark, that
after a number of years of patient and assiduous labour
the committee are confirmed in the opinion that the work
in which they are engaged will continue to be an arduous
one and that much time and exertion will yet be
neccesary to effect any extensive or permanent change
amongst the Indian Natives. Long established habits are
no where easily eradicated and few nations appear to
adhere more strongly to the customs of their ancestors than
these people, added to this, their ardent attachment to
personal freedom, and their having heretofore been entire strangers
to any kind of restraint renders them impatient of labour &
in some measure averse to the pursuits of a steady industrious
life Those more immediately under the care of the Yearly
Meeting of Maryland

have also less inducements to abandon