18th.

This Day attended a
general Council of the Bro-
thertown Indians

, at their
Town, about 9 miles from
the Stockbridge Settlement;
who, as usual, were a long
Time in getting together; we
opened our Business without
any Interpreter, these people
mostly understanding English,
and using no other Language
in their families; after which
and reading our Certificate
to them; we desired their pa-
tience, reminding them
that we had come a great
way to see them in Love,
without any prospect of