26th. We had intended to set out this morning
but there appeared to be a good deal
of Writing to do relative to our Mission
& John Johnston also wished to send some-
-thing of the Writing kind with us which was not
fully prepared -- in the course of the
Day we had a good deal of conversa-
-tion with Wells we were very plain
with him, which he took in good
part & endeavoured to explain or ex-
-cuse. we plainly saw the Difficulty
of his situation & were nearly ready
to conclude that he was determined
to act uprightly. we think if he
was Faithful agreeably to his ability
he would still be of use in his
Station. We also had a good deal
of conversation with the White
Loon respecting Whiskey. he seemed
very sensible of the bad consequences
attend[delete: ed]ant upon drinking & made
some very good observations upon