confined more of their Houses, and
amongst their Children, where
they ought to be.

And such has lately been the
Case, as we are creditably informed,
among the Oneida’s

, that if a
Man was catched caught by his friend
cutting off a stick of wood, or how-
ing a Hill of Corn, he would
appear as much ashamed, as
if he had been caught in a dis-
honorable or wicked Action.

At the Close of this Council
we had a Conference with the
Chiefs; from which, and our
own Observations, we learn,
that the Oneida’s

possess a
large Tract of excellent Land,