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they had lodged Guns, Ammunition and a Quantity of poisoned
Arrows pointed with Brass, One of which he saw and further
this Examinant saith not
his
Jemmy N D Pasimmon
taken 26 June 1742 before Mark
Henry Hooper
The Examination of Indian Abraham of Locust Neck Town
this Examinant saith that about the middle of May last he was
at Chicacoan Indian Town on Nanticoke River where he saw
twenty three Indians which he understood were of the Nation
of Shawan, and that about a fortnight afterwards the Nanti-
coke Indians sent for him and the rest of the Choptank Indians
to follow them to a Place near Pocomoke Swamp in Somerset
County where he heard some of the Nanticoke Indians talking
that the Shawan Indians was to come down some time this
Month to kill the English and Indians but that a few Days
afterwards they said there was nothing of it and further this
Examinant saith not
his
29 June 1742 Indian X Abraham
taken before Henry Trippe Mark
The Examination of Indian Patrick of Locust Neck Town
this Examinant saith that about the middle of May past he
saw at Chicacoan Town on Nanticoke River 23 Shawan In-
dians and about a fortnight afterwards the Nanticoke Indians
sent for him and the rest of the Choptank Indians to follow
them to a certain place near Pocomoke Swamp where they
came and found all the Somerset County Indians gathered
together, and he was told by the Great Men that the Shawan
Indians was to come down some time this present Moon to
joyn them and kill all the English by Surprize in the Night
but some days afterwards the Great Men were afraid and sent
Joshua and another Chicacoan Indian to the Shawan Indians
to tell them not to come down and further saith not
his
29 June 1742 Indian X Patrick
taken before Henry Trippe Mark
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