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Excerpt from Proceedings of the Joint Committee Appointed by the Society of Friends: Constituting the Yearly Meetings of Genessee, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, for Promoting the Civilization and Improving the Condition, of the Seneca Nation of Indians The society of Friends who compose the Yearly meetings of Genesee, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, having for some years past been engaged in efforts to promote the civili zation, of some of the Indian tribes, residing in the western parts of the state of New York; and having under the pre sent improved situation, both as regards the intellectual and social condition of the Senecas, who have been under their care, reason to hope, that in a little time, these people will be able to manage their own affairs, without much assistance from us, the Committees appointed by those several Yearly meet ings to attend to this service, believe it right, to prepare for the general information of our members, who have taken a deep interest in this concern, a narrative of our proceed ings. This has been deemed the more necessary as, by being made fully acquainted with the former and present circum stances of those Indians, our members will be better able to judge, what it may be proper for the society of Friends here after to do for them, should our connexion with them be con tinned. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.