Liber P. K.

1 26 Proceedings of the Council

nic. polhamton 22
John Russell 22
Edw. thomson 22
will, risbrook 22
Jo. metcalfe 22
Jo. bennett 44
will. Jackson 22
rich, purlivant 22

of Maryland, 1636-1647.

philip Conner 22
thomas tidd 22
Edw. Comins 22
John hill 22
mathew rodan 22
waiter weeks 22
tho. parker 22

signed
L. Calvert
John Lewger
Jo: Langford.

p. 68

8^th A Commission to nicolas Cossin & company to pursue
& take any runawayes & bring them afore Gov^r & to vse all
necessary force for taking them in case any of them resist.

P. 71

Proclamaon. Eod: whereas I am determined by all possible
care & diligence to provide that the colony be putt in safety,
not only from all danger of the Indians, but from feare of any
I have thought fitt to publish & declare hereby, that I intend
instantly to dispatch messengers to the neighboring Indians,
to forewarne them of coming among or neare the English, till
further order be taken therin; & to charge them not to come
on this side the neck betweene the back river of Patuxent and
the maine river towards nicolas herveye's, neither by land or
water, vpon perill of their life that shall adventure further, or
without the said bounds, either by land or water, and if there
shalbe any occasion of message or treaty w^th me, to send w^th
the messenger or messengers a flagg or fane of white fustian
w^th his Lo^ps armes in wax ensealed thereon, to be visibly carried
or borne by such messengers or an English man in their
company. Therefore I doe hereby authorise all or any the
English of this colony to shoote or kell any Indian or Indians
in any the parts about patuxent river that shalbe seene or mett
either vpon the land or water, without the said bound after
sixe daies after the date hereof: except such Indian or Indians
or some of them as have or beare visibly such white flag or fane
aforesaid or with an Englishman in their company, or shall
without resistance yeild themselves to the English vpon demand
And vpon the coming of any such Indian messengers; to bring
him or them to me without delay.
Given at S^t maries 17. January.

P. 72

By the Leiuten^t Grall.

20. whereas I vnderstand of divers iealousies & feares abroad
in the colony, touching the Indians and the expectation of a