is first made with small poles set in the
Ground & Rafters of the same lyed on them--
the Bark is then placed edge ways by way
of Weather boarding & Roofd of the same
Material--each piece of Bark being well
tyed to the Poles with the [B?] wood Bark
before mentioned--the Doors are each made of
a single Bark Board & the floor is composd
of about 4 or 5 some of them being
between 5 & 6 feet in Width--about 9
or 10 in length & an inch in thickness. The
cost of this Fabric was $1.75 cents, and was
built by the Indians by agreement for that
sum. It was our Lodging & Eating Room while
there--containd two Beds--a Large Table--two
Benches--several Chairs--Chest--Corn Mill--
& sundry other Furniture too tedious to enu
merate. Erastus Granger

came home with us from
the Treaty last Evening & was my Bedfellow
we had considerable conversation relative to
the Indians & among other things got on the sub
ject of their Qualifications for Orratory--he
said one of the most pathetic communications
he had ever heard was from a Young Warrior
of the Tuscarora Nation about four years