we reflect that nearly three years have elapsed since
the occurance; & that to prove facts recoursd must
be had to imperfect interpreters, the difficulties atten-
ding an investigation at this time are obvious.

Yet under all these considerations, we if you believe it
best to be done and shall hold ourselves in readiness
to meet any appointment you may choose to
make on the occasion

Before we close this communication we assure
respectfully to suggest whether the true inter
est of this people, for whom good we are mutually
concerned will not be better promoted & tha christian
love & harmony so desirable to be witnessed amongst
fellow professors of the gospel of our Lord & Savior
Jesus Christ, more probably preserved by encouraging
those placed either by you or us amongst the natives
to cultivate a pririt of love, Charity & tenderness
for each other than by invvestigating charges so personal
at so late a period.

That you with us may be influenced in all
our conduct toward these poor benighted people by
that Holy & Divine Spirit that should goovern all
our actions & which aloneis able to direct ou
aught is the sincere desire of

That you with us may be influenced in all
our conduct towards people
for whose good we are mutually concerned by
that Christian love and harmony so desirable
to be witnessed amongst the fellow professors
of the gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ whose holy and divine spirit should
govern all our actions which alone is
able to direct us aright is the sincere desire
of

Order to give obtain informaiton
on the subject we
have had a personal interview with the party complained
of in your letter & from her statement are
to believe that the subject matter has been greatly
misrepresented to you

Signed by direct. & on behalf of the Committee
of the Yearly Meet. of the Religious Society of Friends held
in New York appointed to attend to the promotion of
the welfare of the Indian Natives. 27 of 3 Mo