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 the Island, and remaining there until after the Quarterly Meeting, which is to he held at Snake Island on the 6th of September. At the request of John Asanee, I met with him and others at Newmarket, to appear before W. Robinson, one of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace. Their object was to enter a complaint against a Frenchman who had most unmercifully abused one of the Indians by beating him. The magistrate refused giving a warrant, because the Indian could not give the day of the month on which the affair happened, but said that he would write a letter to the man to let him know that if he ever abused any of the Indians again, he would proceed against him according to law. The Indians reluctantly consented to this proposal, but not without a severe rebuke from the Chief, who told the magistrate that when the Chiefs of the white people first settled in this country, their great father took them by the hand and told them that he would look upon them as his children and protect them from the abuses of the white people; but, said the Chief, "I have been abused again and again by your people, and no notice has been taken of them for their bad conduct, and I thought that the reason you did not take notice of us was, because we were so wretched, ignorant, and drunken, and consequently not worthy of regard; but now our eyes are opened to see our miserable condition, and in seeing, we have endeavoured to forsake our former evil ways. I cannot suffer any more from the abuses of your young men without having justice done to the offenders. Consider what I say; this is all" Heard a great deal about a division amongst the Quakers in the vicinity of Newmarket. It appears that one Elias Hicks, in the United States, propagated very pernicious doctrines amongst the Friends there, and by his artifice has succeeded in getting a majority on his side, who have, I am informed, taken possession of most of the meeting houses. I understand that they deny