The Indians are still drunk & little
prospect of doing any business
with
them about nine o Clock the Indians that
had come in came together
except Wapa-
-kee who was too drunk the five Medals was so
much
intoxicated with divers others,
that we concluded it would not do
to
pretend to treat with them & but
just to come together & inform
them
that we were sorry that they had been
drinking so much as to be
unfit to talk
with at Present but would meet
them tomorrow morning when
if they
were still drunk we would go away
without having any public talk
with
them -- The five Medals made reply
that we might speak, as the
Potowa-
-tomies were the only people that
were drunk & that they
were sober
enough to listen to what we