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 The service commenced at 1,, when the Rev. W. Case preached from Rev. iii. 15, 16, 17. I endeavoured to exhort after in Indian and English. The prayer meeting was owned of God to the conversion of some souls.

Sabbath 20th. — At 9 o'clock the love feast commenced. Some were enabled to rejoice in God. At noon Elder Case preached, and I exhorted both in Indian and English. The holy sacrament was then administered to a goodly number. At the close of these services I accompanied the Indians about five miles off to Mr. Powers', where I preached in a school house, from Luke xix. 10. Mr. Holmes exhorted and concluded the meeting.

Tuesday 29th. — This day the Indians from Belleville, Rice Lake, and the chiefs and principal men from the Credit, met at York, in order to hold a council with Government — but on arriving it was postponed till to-morrow at 10 o'clock.

Wednesday 30th. — At 10,, we all left town for the Garrison, where the council was to be held; about 11 we were conducted into the Major's quarters to appear before Colonel Givins and a number of officers. John Sunday was the first who spoke. I interpreted for him, and lawyer Givins, acting as clerk, took down the speeches. The substance of John Sunday's speech was as follows: "That as a people they had for a long time remained in darkness and ignorance — that a short time ago their eyes were opened to see their miserable condition, when they were brought to the knowledge of the Christian religion, and since they had embraced Christianity they had settled on the Bay of Quinte; that when they considered the future welfare of their children, they found that the Island they claimed would not afford them sufficient wood and pasture for any length of time, and that they had now come to ask their great father, the Governor, for a piece of land lying near them." He then proceeded to ask the Government in what situation