I believe, were reached this day. Yet my joy was
not of long continuance; for about eight o'clock in
the evening, some of our jolly fellow-travellers, pro-
moted an Indian dance, in which they joined. The
Indians were about twenty in number, with several
white men in the ring, and a candle in the centre.
Round and round they danced, with ungrateful grunt-
ing, barking, and at intervals, screaming and hollow-
ing — the war dance, the peace dance, the scalping
dance, &c. which they continued till near midnight,
frequently regaling themselves with spirits. This
conduct, considering the solemn importance of our
business, proved very exercising to my mind, and
almost overwhelmed me with discouragement.

I felt heavy, and sorrowful, on account
of the last evening's conduct, which I suggested to
some of our leading gentlemen. I also testified my
disapprobation of such conduct, to the Indians; in
which I was joined by a squaw, whose husband, by
way of apology, told me, white men promoted it,
and joined them in it. This I was constrained to
admit, however degrading. So that upon the whole,
contrasting Indians and whites, of all nations, upon
the broad scale, our superiority appears but imag0-
nary, and does not exist.

About five o'clock this afternoon, arrived Capt.
Elliott, Capt. McKee, Simon Girty, and one Smith,
with Ocohongehelas, the great Delaware war chief,
and about twenty other Indians from Miami. The
Indians encamped opposite to us, on Bay’s Long
Island. The white men came over to us, and in-
formed, that the Indians were much dissatisfied, on
the report of their deputation to the commissioners
at Niagara; and had sent their second embassy, ex-