Assembly Proceedings, May — June 1676. 479

Comes into the house an act Entituled an Act prohibitting
Armes and Amunition to be sould given or Lent to the Indians
Vpon Reading the said bill the Upper house Conceave there
are good Lawes alreadie made Sufficient to restraine the Peo-
ple from Selling Amunition &c to the Jndians And are of op-
pinion th^t it is very Vnreasonable to Passe this bill now pro-
pounded, in Regards the denyeing amunition To the friend
Jndians our Neighbours for for Theire Necessarie defence will
vndoubtedly force them to Joyne with the Jndians th^t are our de-
clared Enemies, Besides This house doe finde all the Jnhab-
bitants Soe averse to the Indians th^t there is little Just Cause
of feare th^t any man will Sell them any the least quantity of
Amunicon And This house doe further Conceave th^t if this act
passe the Governm^t is disabled at any time hereafter to Treat
with our friend Indians who will vndoubtedly within a few
houres demand o^r assistance in Armes and Amunition.

U. H.
Journal
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And for these and many other Important Reasons which this
house Could give, This house doe desire the Lower house will
further Consider of the s^d bill [and] Resolve to Wave all
Treaty with the Jndians [or] lay a Side this Bill, And more-
over it is Conceav[ed] by this house th^t there may be a Neces-
sity for the [Con-]tinuance of our present friendship and amity
[with] the Friend Indians in order to the future [Security of
the Province or persuite of any Enemies [in Ti]me of Warre
And it will be Vaine for vs [to E]xpect Theire Ayde and Assis-
tance in Those [Res]pects if we disable them from the Same
by [Restraining any Armes or amunition from Coming to
Theire Hands,

The house is adjowrned for an howre
The house Mett

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Lower house
May 18th
1676

Upon Reading M^r Frisbys papers the house is of
opinion th^t if the Land be M^r ffrysbys he hath his
Remidy ag^t Augustine Harman and the rest at Comon