He occasionally visited, and officiated for the Mohawk. villages at the bay of Kente where still were preserved the Communion plate and furniture given by Queen Anne to the Mohawk Chapel at Fort Hunter. But "notwithstanding the laudable exertions of the Society, and the partial indulgence of the British Government to this tribe, no flattering accounts can be given either of their religious improvements or approach to perfect Civilization." They were found to be " decreasing fast, owing to their indolence and great attachment.to spirituous liquors."?

- Inthe year 1799, the degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred on M: Stuart by the University of Pennsylvania. This favour proceeding from his Alma Mater and Native Country was doubly valuable and honorable in his estimation, and he entertained a high sense of the compliment. About the same time he received the appointment of Chaplain to the garrison of Kingston. He had secured about 4000 acres of valuable land to which he occasionally made additions, his circumstances more than equalled his most sanguine expectations, and he felt that, in the enjoyment of health with such prosperity, his situation was as happy 'as. it possibly could be. 'How mysterious," he exclaimed, "are the ways of Providence! How short sighted are we! Some years ago I thought it'a great hardship to be banished into this wilderness and would have imagined myself compleatly happy could I have exchanged it for a place in the delightful city of Philadelphia. Now the best wish we can form for our dearest friends is to have them removed to us.''4