we had opened to them, one of their
ques-
-tions was, how they should draw their
Ploughs, seeing they had
no Oxen, we
let them know we had seen two Horses run-
-ing about their
Town, and that was e
enough to draw one Plough, and
that if
they would save some of the Money they
were to
get of the White People they might
buy a pair of Oxen, and they would
draw
another Plough; and that our young men
would lend them there
Horses sometimes,
that we did not expect any great matters from
them
at first, and that these would do to make
a beginning, with this answer
they appear-
-ed pretty well satisfyed, tho we thought it
was very
evident it was not such an one
as the Question was artfully calculated
for. at another time the told us we must
wait with Patience for an answer,
for
it was a great thing, and they were all
consulting about it in
their Houses. About
five OClock they informed us they were nearly
ready to give us an answer, and wished to know
if it would suit us this
evening, we let them
know tha we were waiting their time, but
as
the day was far spent, left it with them to
Judge whether this
evening would be suitable.
about Six 30 of them met us, the opportunity