malicious white Man that my motives in
coming here was to try to get a mile square
of Land from them as I had been here ever
since the settlement was first established
for the improvement of the Natives, two
Indians came to talk with us on the occasion
and we endeavoured to convince them
that the report was intirely groundless and
that we did not want any of their Land
nor other property for any of our service
amongst them

we received informa-
of the Death of Hyute a young indian man
that had been lately married who after
about eight days illness died at his hunt-
ing camp in the woods about 17 miles
from home. The above information caused
me some serious reflections, as he was a
young man in the bloom of life and
flower of his Days, and in health just a few
days before, I was led to reflect on the un
certainty of our existance here in this
world and how very necessary it is for every
one to be prepared at any hour to
meet the messenger of Death