A report from the Comm.ee on Indian affairs is now read asolid quiet
took
place thereon and arenewed sympathy felt for that People and
the further
consideration thereof is refer’d to afuture seling the
report is as follows
viz
To the Yearly Meeting now seting The
comm.ee appointed last year of
Indian affairs now report that we
have had in the course of the
year past divers Meetings on the
weighty subject refer’d to us and
have at times been drawn into
sympathy with the peculeir situation
of the Natives and while
deliberating on the best means that might
be adopted for
promoting their welfare if appear’d to the Comm.ee
that there would
be aprobable usefulness in selecting some of our
number to pay
them avissit and some Friends were accordingly named
for their
purpose but circumstances which afterwards took place
presented
them from proceeding on the journey and soon after this
the
advanced season of the year rendered it very difficult to
proceed
so that avissit has not taken place – It would have
afforded
satisfaction to us if we could have possess’d the Yearly
Meetg
with more full information of the State of the Indians which
mights probably have been done if the intended vissit had been
made We can only now say that from some information
obtained
anumber of the Indians have lately shewn agreater
disposition
towards sobriety of conduct and agricultural
improvement that
heretofore – And altho’ asufficient attraction
to this interesting
concern will probably require patience and
perseverance yet under
right direction we are induced to
believe it will lend to the
benefit and advantages of the Indians
Samuel Bowne