not one House in the whole distance
we arrived at Fort wayne in the
evening wet & tired & put up at
a French Tavern after we arrived
John Johnston Indian Factor came
& invited two of us to his house Elisha
went with him & the rest of staid at
the Tavern

11th we all went to Johnstons where
we staid some time & then went to the
Fort & dined with Captain Heald
who with the other officers were very
kind & attentive we spent the evening
in consulting about the execution of
our Mission & concluded to invite the
Indians to come to the Fort for consulta-
-tion & after night had a Conference
with some of the Potowatomy Indians
Winnemak a Chief informed us
that he had been with the president
who had Promised him that he would
send some tools & young men to teach
them to Farm but had not done there-
-fore he was deceived