Upon enquiring of our young men
here, they inform’d us there was some
improvement among the Oneidas since
they came, tho’ not such as they wish’d
to have seen; they plow more, & fence
more, sow more wheat, & have more
lots of clover meadow. They are
computed young & old, at about 600
& are scatter’d 10 or more miles distant
tho’ their largest number is within 2
miles of this place; They have a
large enclosure here of perhaps 200
acres, wherein they keep their horses,
of which they have more than necessary,
their cow, & swine; & in said enclosure
are many of their houses. They plant
their corn, sow their wheat & oats, & have
their meadow lots without; but this
mode of farming it looks likely they