Chain of friendship. Now Brothers we should
like to hear from your own mouths if you are quite satis-
fied with our young men living amongst you
they came here with an hope of being useful
by instructing you in a better way of managing
your Land and providing for yourselves and
Cattle, we desire you to speak freely

Brothers it has been some satisfaction to us
in riding thro' your Town to see marks of indu-
stry taking place, that you are building better
and warmer Houses to live in and that so much
of your cleared Land is planted with Corn,
Potatoes &c. and to see those articles kept in
good order

Brothers We observe where your new houses
are building that the timber is very much
cut off a rich flat which we wish you encou-
raged to clear and make it fit for plow-
ing we believe it to be very good Land for
Wheat as well as Corn and as the White
People are setting around you the Deer and
other game will grow scarcer and more difficult
to be taken. We therefore hope that more of your
Men will assist in clearly Land, fencing it,