they complain and say I did not tell
them the truth, and perhaps now after
you go away they will tell me and Peter
Snider

we are both Liars, & therefore I am
determined to speak right out plainly --

Brothers,
The Indians have understood
there was a large sum of Money raisd by
the Quakers to assist them, & they want to
know how this money was laid out, and
whether these Mills was paid for out of that
Money, for you have built them Mills &
the Indians buy Boards from you, and
sometimes they can't tell whether you
are helping them, or they helping you."

He also made some observations on their
improvement since we first came amongst
them, contrasting their present situation
with what it then was, & acknowledged
their present conditition was much better
and refer'd to me, to witness the same --

This was replie'd to nearly as follows:
that when we first came undertook to
assist the Indians a large sum of Money
was rais'd, & the first settlement was made
among their Brethren the Onieda Indians

which continued near four years and
a great deal of money was spent there --