486 Assembly Proceedings, May — June 1676.

U. H.
Journal
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to the forte and were assured th^t noe intention of force was to
be vsed ag^t them, and th^t noe damage should be done to them
theire wives or Children, and that they did th^t night goe into
the forte and the next morning did retourne againe with the
like numb^r onely one Indian changed and Supposed to come
on purpose to Treat & not in any hostile manner Yet the s^d
Majo^r Thomas Truman w^thout Calling any Councell of Warre
of yo^r Lo^ps offic^r vnder his Comand as he ought to have done
did in a barbarous and Cruell manner cause five of the s^d In-
dians to be Killed & Murdered Contrary to the Law of God
and Nations and Contrary to yo^r Lo^pps Commission and Instruc-
tions

p. 16

Secondly that he the Said Majo^r Thomas Truman ought ac-
cording to yo^r Lo^pps instructions To haue acquainted your Lo^p
before he Caused the Said Indians to be Executed for your
Lo^ps advice and directions in th^t Case which [we] doe not finde
he did
[Las]tly that he hath broken yo^r Lo^pps instructions in this
[alsoe] That if the Virginia offic^rs did advise and Consent to
[the] Killing of the Said Jndians th^t he did not in an open
[Coun]cell of Warre Cause the Same Judiciously to be [en-
t]ered in Writeing by his Clerk or Secretary and Such the
Virginians Consent and desire for the doeing thereof to be
Signed vnder theire hands to be kept for Justification of him-
self and the people of this Province.
Therefore for That by the Said Article it appears That the
Said Majo^r Thomas Truman hath broken his Comission and
Jnstructions in Murthering the s^d Indians To the dishono^r of
God and of yo^r Lo^pp & this Province, They humbly pray th^t
your Lo^pp & Upper house of Assembly will Take Such order
With the Said Majo^r Thomas Truman as may be Just and Rea-
sonable in Terro^r of others to be Warr of Such Offences ag^t
your Lo^p for the future, And You^r Lo^ps most humble and obe-
dient Servants as in all duty bound Shall daily Pray for yo^r
Lo^pps long and happy Dominion over vs &c

Lower house May the 22^th 1676

The Comittee haveing drawne Up the above the above Jm-
peachm^t ag^t Majo^r Thomas Truman and p^rsented to this house
for their further Consideracon put to the Vote Whether the
Said Jmpeachm^t Shall be transmitted to the Upper house as the
Comittee have drawne it Yea, or Noe.
Voted th^t it be Transmitted To his Lo^pp and upp house as it
is drawne by the Comittee Together With all the Depositions
Relateing thereto annexed to it
Signed by ord^r of the house
Robert Ridgely Clk of the
Low^r house of Assembly