prevalent amongst them when the Committee
was in that neighbourhood. There being reason to
apprehend that it would spread in the Oneida

&
Stockbridge Tribes, the Committee judged it would
comport with the benevolent views of Friends to
endeavor to preserve them from the ravages of
this malady & concluded to have them inoculated
with the Kine Pock, which after considerable
difficulty occasioned by their prejudice against it
was effected, & about a thousand individuals were
vaccinated. The Onondagoes were by some
other means inoculated with small pox

The Committee are very desirous that a
friend with a family, or if such cannot be
found, a suitable single man may be induced
to reside amongst the Oneidas

for the purpose