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
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