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camp, that a Person who understood their Language heard them say they intended to Tomahawk us, and when I saw one of those fierce young men agin, who wanted us t go back, he had a piece of a white Person’s Scalp in his Ear for an ornament, I could not help thinking, but that evil was designed, & nothing but the hand of Providence could have protected us, & to whom I felt thankfulnes 15 7 Two Disasters came in, & confirmed the report which was prevalen before, that the Army of the United States was moving, & had got to the Plains of the big Miama. 16 1. A Meeting was held in the ShipYard under the Boat-House, many Soldiers, some Officers & other Inhabitants attended, they generally behaved well,& the Meeting ended. I hope to general satisfaction in the Afternoon we had a Meeting on the Brittish Shore, about 6 Miles down the River, where resided several sober families called Dunkards, who attended with a considerable number of other sober People, they behaved well,& desired another such Opportunity, these were the firt Meetings ever held by Friends in lower Canada as far as appears, there is no other place of Worship kept here but the Roman Catholicks, these People through their Slothfulness appear to be in a declining State, altho it is said its first Settlement has been near a Centry, there is but little improvement made, altho the Land appears fertile, produces good Grains & Fruit equal to most Countries, since the late War many of other persuasions have come in & appear in an improving way, one Man told me that he sold $100 worth of Butter off his Farm, and about 50 or 60 Miles farther up the Lake on the River Retrench, lately changed to the Name of Thems, is said to be more productive,& but thinly settled.