Indians for many years & at present lives in
their settlement, he having liberty to cultivate
land for himself & his family; the Natives appear
better cloathed than the Oneidas,

they received us
very courteously & we had a satisfactory time
with them which was greatly increased when we
were informed not only by themselves but the
Interpreter, that they had totally refrained
from the use of ardent spirits for abt. nine
years & that none of the natives will touch
it; they spoke of the Divers Great Spirit & of
its divers influence with as much perspicuity
as perhaps could be conveyed in any language
their number consists of One hundred & sixty, men, women
& children; they possess about twelve thousand acres of
land & after they were recommended to labor more
on the ground, they signified they were willing so to
do, but never having been much taught & not having
the necessary implements to work with, they have
not been able to make any great advance therein;
they informed us that they had received some