118 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1636-1647.

Liber P. R.

to the Lieutenant Grall or Secretary afore the first day of
November next, when the accompt of that expedition are to
be made vp; whereof every one to take notice vpon perill of
losing their accompt or demand after that time

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Cecilius &c. to all psons to whom these pnts shall come
Greeting. Know ye that we doe hereby constitute & appoint
William Mackffening the bearer thereof, to be Sergeant of the
military band of the severall hundreds of S^t maries County, to
have vse and exequute the said office of Sergeant with all
rights powers & fees to such office vsually or by Law apptein-
ing during o^r pleasure. And we doe hereby require all per-
sons able to beare armes within the said hundred to obey &
respect him the said William in the quality & office aforesaid
in all things apperteining to their duty in that behalfe as they
will answere the contrary at their perill : and to come to be
trained & exercised by him at such places & times as he
shall reasonably appoint within the said severall hundreds.
Given at S^t maries this 17^th Octob. 1642. witnesse o^r deare
brother &c.

Commission to mr Gerard
& mr Neale

Cecilius &c. To o^r trusty Thomas
Gerard and fames Neale of S^t Clements

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hundred gent, or to either of them greeting, whereas vpon yo^r
complaints formerly made to vs of divers spoiles committed
vpon yo^r cattell by the Indians of yo^r parts, we have demanded
satisfaction of some of the great men of those townes, and have
not obteined any as yet, and therefore have admonished them
to committ no more the like at the price of their lives that
should committ it, willing them to publish such our admonition
to the severall Indians of those townes, Since w^ch time never-
thelesse divers the same & worse iniuries have beene & are
(as you complaine) daily committed vpon yo^r corne & cattell :
We reposing especiall confidence in yo^r discreet managing
hereof, doe hereby warrant & authorise you at any time or
times as you shall meet with any Indians killing yo^r cattell, or
otherwise trespassing vpon you in any your lands holden by
grant from vs, to demand of them satisfaction for the iniuries
received from them or any of their nation, and in default of
such satisfaction, to pillage them of what you may within your
said lands, and to vse any other force to chastice them & putt
them off your lands as you shall think fitt to deterre them from
attempting the like againe. And if any of them shall resist or
proffer any violence against you in the exequution hereof, to
the endangering of the persons of yo^r selves or any of your
company assisting you herein then to vse any further force or
violence as you shall think fitt for the repelling of the force &