therefrom; they acknowledged they had
given too much place in their minds to
such whisperings, & that it made them
feell, to use their own expressions “very
ugly”. We let them know we would
not have their land if they would
give it to us; & that it was very un-
kind in them to have given place
to such surmisings without they had
had some grounds for it; they acknow-
ledged they had found us to be true
men, that we spoke the same words to
them now, we spoke to them two years
ago; & that they would shut their ears
to all such whisperings in future;
then said they had been trying to
improve in farming & if they did
not come forward as fast & as well
as the Quakers desir’d, they must
not get discouraged, but continue