structing ships of war; but I found he had forfeited
his membership. However, I am mistaken, if the
building of ships of war is not a burden greater
than he will be able long to bear. A friend of
the name of J. A. supped with us this evening.
He was from Providence in Rhode Island, and
gave us an interesting narrative of a journey he
took through the wilderness parts of this continent,
to New Orleans in Louisiana. A considerable
part of the way he went by water in canoes, hav-
ing Indian conductors, and passed through many
Indian settlements, by the chiefs of which he
was, in general, kindly and hospitably entertained.
At one Indian village in particular, the chief,
calling together the inhabitants to a place where
they held their public meetings, and placing
Jonathan by his side, made a long harangue. The
substance of it was, his approbation of the prin-
ciples and practices of friends, concerning which
he had obtained information at some former pe-
riod, and which he then endeavoured to explain
to the Indians about him. Amongst other things
he remarked, it was a self-evident truth, that the
Power which gave life and breath to man, alone
had the right to take it. At another settlement
of Indians, he was agreeably surprised to find
what great progress was made in agriculture and
manufactures. He was told, that in this district
there were 200 looms employed by Indians; and
at the table of the chief at which he was enter-