so much progress in the cultivation of the earth as some
others, yet from the disposition for improvement which
they manifest, we are encouraged to persevere in our
attention towards them; and a friend & his wife,
(Absalom

& Ruth Hatfield) offering to go & reside
amongst them & endeavor to instruct them in agricultural
& domestic concerns, it was approved & they are now
settled there for that purpose

The attention of the Committee has also been
turned to the Indians

on Montauk Point, Long
Island & a visit made them, and we are induced to
believe they are entitled to the further care of Friends.

The Committee have received a proportion of
the liberal donation of Friends in England

for the
purpose of improving the situation of the Indians,
by which means they have been enabled to extend their
views for their benefit, which the want of Friends had
hitherto prevented.

In closing this report we are willing to add that
in our deliberations on this interesting subject we have