29th:

made ready, went to Oneida

to meet them in Counsel
intending to hastening the Opportunity, but got disappointed this
time likewise, they had return'd from Stanwix but informa
tion was wrong with respect to the occasion of their going, it
being on account of their being inform the Surveyors that
was employ'd by government were about to Survey more
of their land than in their Treaty they had agreed for
that necessity required their speedy attention thereto
however our earnestness for transacting of business, did
not move them from their usual Deliberation, for when
we informed them that we were desirous of meeting them
to day they seemed to make an essay thereto, by sending
a runner to bring them to Counsel, but after some time
we were informed there could be no Counsel today that
they had in Companies gone to their Corn field to hoe their
Corn, that tomorrow they would meet us, this is the fourth
day we have waited their motion without doing any business
or advancing one step forward, after taking a Dinner
with them of Venison & Pigeon returned, to our welcome home

30th: About 8 o’clock we had the renewing sight of our long
looked for friend Jacob Taylor

who arriv'd with the goods
at Fort Shylor yesterday about 11 o’clock, informed Us
that he set out from Philadelphia on the 9th arriv'd at
New-York the 17th at Albany stay'd there two days and
on the 21st arrived at Albany both nearly one day land carriage
from thence to Schenectady 22nd about 11 o’clock left that place
and about the same time in the day of the 29th arrived at Fort Schyler
freight & wagon load fromfrom the one to other of the
last named places, is 11 Dollars Boat carrying four