and against the use of strong
Drink-
We informed him that we were glad to see
him and that he used
so much freedom
in telling us his mind, that we expected
bfore we came
to have many hardships to pass through &
therefore were prepared for
them, but we had
found things much easier than we expected.
That the
Indians were very kind to us and
as to their learning to work we
thought
there was encouragement and were of the mind that their Children
might be learned to
read and write; but we did not expect a
great
change would take place very soon but
were willing to wait until the
Indians saw
the advantage of a civilized life-
Next day they proceeded
on to Cornplanters
Village where a large council was held &
all matters agreed on respecting the In-
dians reservation- A statement of which
out of R Morris