& Ruth are disposed to let him have a part of
their house provided friends are willing to have
some improvements made, which on consideration
we hope will leave us justified in authorizing
Absalom to have done; the two families residing
together may be better on several accounts, for the
present at least. It appearing to us expedient
that Absalom should be furnished with a waggon
& another horse, we encouraged hime to procure them.

At Oneida we met with two Onondgoes

one of whom had been in New York in company
with several more of the same nation & had had
an interview with divers friends there; they
appeared very solicitous that we should make their
nation a visit & on consideration we concluded to
proceed accordingly. On reaching this settlement
which is about 33 miles fomr Oneida, we had an
opportunity with them, all of us siting on the
grass, which was tought more convenient than
meeting in the house. The Interpreter is a white

man who has resided in the neighbourhood of the