Assembly Proceedings, May — June 1676. 481

Ordered by the Upper house th^t the papers between M^r
ffrisbye and M^r Harman &c be Sent to the Attorney Gen" and
th^t an Jndictm^t be by him [Dr]awne Upon the Same
Signed &c.

Comes into the house a bill entituled an Act for the Security
and defence of this Province, by [M^r] W^m Stephens and M^r
John Coade
[The] Hono^ble Chancello^r Coll Jesse Wharton and [Liev]^t
Coll Taillor Sent to the Lower house to Speak [to] the Act
Touching the prohibition of Armes and Amunition to the
Jndians
Read in the house a peticon Exhibited by the Hono^ble Chan-
cellour and Jn^o Jordan the two overseers of the Last
Will of Leiv^t Collon^ll Jn^o Jarboe late deceased and
the Same ascented to by this House
Signed &c

The answer of In^o Shankes to seaverall
Interogatories put To him by the Upper House

This Depon^t Saith that he w^th the Mary Land forces being
at the forte of the Susquehannoughs on the Sabboth day he
was sent up to the forte to desire one of the great men by
name Harignera To Come and Speake with Majo^r Truman
and the said Harignera being dead This Deponent desired
Some other great men to come and Speake with the s^d Majo^r
Vpon which message of his there came out 3 or 4 of them,
And this Depon^t was Commanded by the Majo^r to tell them of
the great Jnjuries that had been done to the Country and th^t
he came to know Who they were th^t had done them, And the
great men Replyed it was the Senecaes and This Depon^t Saith
that there beiddddng p^rsent other Jndians from other Townes The
Majo^r desired some of theire Youdsng men To assist as Pilates
as well as the Neighbouring Jndians had done to Joyne in the
persuite ag^f the Senecaes, And the Said Jndians Replyed th^t
the Seneca's had been gone 4 dayes and th^t by th^t time they
might be at the head of Patapscoe River To w^ch Majo^r Tru-
man Retorned that he had good horses and they were good
foot men and might soon overtake them and the Jndians Re-
plyed they would, And the Depon^t further Saith that in the
Morning following The Susquehannoughs great men being at
the place of Meeting before the Mary Landers and Virginians
the Said great men were taxed againe by the Virginians more
highly of the Injuries done by them in Mary Land and Virginia
and they vtterly denyed the Same and thereupon This

U. H.

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[Depon^t] was C[omman]ded to Declare to them that they
Should be Bound, and this Depon^t Saith further that there was

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