354 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1753-1761.

Lib. J. R. & U. S.

Majestys most Loyal Subjects Humbly Hope that your Ex- cellency will not thus Suffer us to be Imposed on, and make no Doubt but your Excellency will continue unto us our Antient (and untill of Late our) uninterupted rights and Priviledges &c. in regard to our making our own choice of Emperor, our Head Chief, or great Man as wee call them, and we most Humbly Hope that your Excellency will ac- quiesce to this our mutual Choice Both By which and by Heirship Lineally Devolves on George Pocatous and his Heirs, and in Testimony that this is our mutual Choice and Desire we the Chiefs of the Indians afsd have interchange- ably Set our hands to this our Humble Petition &c. And we in Duty bound shall Pray.

	his	her
	Abram x Bishop	Nancy L Asquash
	mark	mark
	William Asquash	her
	William Cohonk	Mary L Asquash
	James Cohonk	mark
	his	her
	Joshua x Thomas	Nancy K Cohonk the rd
	mark	mark
	his	her
	John x Quash mark	Nancy A Cohonk the fth mark
	her	his
	Sarah x Ashquash	James L Pincher
	mark	mark
	her	his
	Sarahx Cohonk	John C Williams
	mark	mark
	her	his
	Nancy A Cohonk Sen	Moses Ashquash
	mark	mark
	her
	Nancy A Cohonk the nd
	mark

I hereby Certify that I saw the above mentioned Indians
Sign the Within Petition and that at the Same time they
Seemingly did it freely and Heartily and without any Im-
portunity".

W^m Newton