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Masters & come to any of the Indian Townes aforcs^d that the
s^d Indians shall apprehend them & bring them to the next Eng-
lish plantacon to be Conveyed to their master, and if any Indian
convey or assist any such fugitives out of the Province that he
shall make the respective Master or Mistres of such servant or
servants such sattisfaccon as an English man ought to doe in
the like case.
13 That all greate men here p^rsent doe imediately signe
theis articles & that the greate men of those Townes that were
here & are returned or otherwise did not come but by their
Proxies shall come to the Governor when he comes to Pascat-
toway to make the Emperor & signe the peace here Concluded
or else to be deemed & declared enemies as well to the Eng-

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lish as to the Indians that doe joyne with the Lord Proprietor
in this peace
14 That the s^d nacons shall not make any new peace with
our Enemies & shall not make any new warre without Consent
of the R^t hono^ble the Lord Prop^r or his cheife Governor here.
That from this day forward there be an Inviolable peace and
amity betweene the R^t hono^ble the Lord Prop^r of this Province
and the Indians afore named vpon the articles before in this
treaty agreed vpon to the worlds End to endure.

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Then was read the Act. for Confirmation of the Articles of
Peace with the Indians both Houses being Present Voted to
pass

Upon the Petition of John Nuthall for satisfaction for Enter-
taining the Indians being in number about twenty Ordered
that it be referred to the Consideration of the Lower House

The Governour ordered the Chancellour to go to the Lower
House to desire them to hasten some Bill or other concerning
the defence of the Province against the Cinago Indians which
was the chiefest Cause of the Governours Calling the assembly
being for that Cause Petitioned so to do

To the honourable the Burgesses of this present Assembly
The humble Petition of William Smith

Sheweth — That your Petitioner having undertaken to build
a Stadt House for the Accomodation of the Country in such
manner as to your Honours is generally known Now so it is
may it please your Honours that Tobacco proving so bad a
Commodity No Workmen can be procured by your Petitioner
to make good his Promise they refusing to work for Tobacco
likewise the payment being so generally known to lye much
dispersed & then to be collected by the Sherriff before
Accounts by the Sherriff are returned which is usually very

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