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Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, September, 1704-April, 1706
Volume 26, Page 443   View pdf image (33K)
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The Upper House, 443


of Hostility and damages whatsoever by either party Sus-
tained be buried in perpetual Oblivion
3. That for preventing Differences between the Indians &
English the said Emperour Ashquash and his Indians shall
Sufficiently ffence in their Corn fields which already are or
hereafter shall be planted by the said Indians at least Seaven
or eight Loggs high.
4. That the said Emperour Ashquash and his Indians
shall Deliver up all Indians that shall Come unto their Gov-
ernmt or Dominion that are or shall be Enemys to the English
And further if any Indian Subject to the said Emperour
shall kill any Englishman that the said Emperour & his
Indians shall be obliged to deliver such Indians up as a prisoner
to the Governour of this province for the time being.
5. That forasmuch as the English Cannot Easily distinguish
one Indian from another that no Indian shall Come into any
Englishmans Plantation painted and that all the Indians shall
be bound to Call aloud before they Come within Three hun-
dred paces of any Englishmans clear Ground and Lay downe
their Armes whether Gunns Bows or Arrows or other Weapons
for any Englishman that shall Appear upon his Call to Take
up and in Case no man shall Appear that he shall there
Leave his said Arms if he shall Come nearer and afterwards
by Calling aloud shall Endeavour to give notice to the Eng-
lish of his nearer Approaching and if any English man shall
kill any Indian that shall Come unpainted and give such
notice and deliver up his Arms as aforesaid he shall dye
for it as well as An Indian that kills any Englishman and
in Case the Indians and English meete in the Woods Acci-
dentally every Indian shall be bound immediately to throw
down his Arms upon Call and in Case any Indians so
meeting an Englishman and shall Refuse to throw down
his arms upon call he shall be deemed an Enemy.
6. The Priviledge of hunting Crabbing Fishing & fowlling
shall be preserved inviolable to the Indians.
7. That every Indian that killeth a Hogg Calf or other
Beast or any other Goods shall undergo the same punish-
ment that an English man doth for the same Offence.
8. In Case any Servant or Slave Runaway from their
Masters or Children from their Parents or Guardians &
Come to any of the Indian Towns within the Government
and Dominions of the said Ashquash he & his Indians shall
be obliged to Apprehend the sd fugitives & Bring them to
the Next English Plantation to be Conveyed to their Mas-
ters and Guardians aforesaid And in Case any Indians
aforesaid shall Assist any such fugitives in their Flight out
of this Province, That he shall make the Respective Master

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