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Beyond Penn's Treaty

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same, and that we hoped that they would continue in their good
resolution and as the Great Spirit sees and knows all that we did
that we hoped they would be carefull not to do any thing which
they thought would be wrong in his Sight, we also Informed
them how Glad it made our hearts to find them so carefull of
their Children, we desired them to continue to teach them to
work to love their Parents and obay them, and their Cheifts but
above all to fear the Great Spirit who made them, and do not-
hing they thought would be Displeasing to him--and desired
them to keep strong from drink--they then seriously counseled
together and then gave us some account of the form and manner
of their Government, Interdus'd us to their head men the Cheifts
--and as we now Informed them that we ware about to leave
them we desired them to take Good care of the Oxen and the tools
which the Committy lent them, and thought we or some of
the Committy would make them another Visit in the course
of this Season--they then thanked us for the Oxen and tools
said they would take good care of them and endeavour no damage
should befall them except the ware. One of the Cheifts
in a very animated Speach eschorted the People--said the talk
of making us another Visit, now how should we feel seeing we
have promised to do well if when they come find some of us
drunk how shamed we should be to have them know we lyed
and did bad to--this would be Bad enough, for we have promised
them we would not Drink, Now Remember (says he) we promised
the Great Spirit we would not drink nor do bad, now if we are
afraid that these our good Friends should know that we do what
is not wright, how much more should we be afraid to lye to
the Great Spirit and do any thing wrong, when the Great Spi-
rit sees and knows all we do and say every Day and every Nig-
ht. Now we have been thus particular for we considered
the Indervew a very Interesting one and the Ideas the commun-
icated worth preserving and what the Committy would be
willing to have. And now we desire that truth
might be sought and waited for in seperating to go among
them least they should be harmed, we may see they have
a high opinion of Friends, they also are as quick to discover
and Notice any thing wrong as any People we know of, I
believe we have felt our own weakness and Insoficiency
and have been afraid least we should hurt the Oil or the wine

The parable of the seed sown in the field and the Lord answer to
the servants was often revived in our minds, when the servants
sayed wilt thou that we pluck up the tares. The Lord says not so
least ye pluck up the wheat also. Now we feel easy to leave the
subject for further consideration.

We also took a little view at the Oneida

, found Absalom
very unwell--we also say three of the Chiefts they desired to be
remembered to the Committy their Good Brothers the Quakers
hoped they would not forsake them tho some of them did conduct
bad, they said they had bread corn so as to be comfortable

Signed on behalf of the Committy by Joseph Frost