learn the trade should steadily attend at the Shop to
do such Smith work as you may want done, & he
will attend with them & assist them, and shew them
how to do it, & in order to encourage these young men
to stick steadily to the work, so as to do all the Smithing
you want done, & to learn the Trade well before our
friend wants to go back again to his own people, we
think you might allow them such part of the money
Government used to give to your blacksmith, as will
enable them to buy themselves victuals and clothes
while they are learning the trade & doing your work.

Brothers,
We hope you will get things ready soon, &
that your young Men will begin soon in this busi-
ness for our friend dont want to stay a great while
here only just long enough to learn some of your
young Men this good trade.

Brothers
You remember that two years ago, we pro-
posed to you, that some of your young Men should
work on the farm with our friends as apprentices in
order to learn them how to farm the ground like the
white people, so that they might raise a great deal
of