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

Liber P. R.

any their aiders or confederates, and doing, appointing, pro-
viding managing & commanding the said expedition, & all
persons & things therevnto belonging, and all power & authority
to have, vse, & exercise, for, in, and during the said expedition,
as amply & fully to all effects & constructions, as any Captaine
Generall of an army may have, vse, or exercise by the Law of
warre. Given at S^t maries this 23^th January 1642. witnesse
o^r deare &c.

Proclamation touching
the march &c. By the Leiuten^t Grall,
whereas I vnderstand of divers Jealousies and feares abroad
in the colony touching the Indians, and the expectation of a
great charge & hindrance this yeare either in making a march
vpon them, or in guard against them, to the disanimation of
the people, and furesloowing their vsuall diligence & alacrity in
proceeding in their labours for the next cropp, ffor remedie
wherof and to assure them of what consideration is had of
their safeties & ease, I thought fitt to publish & declare hereby
that all possible diligence is & shalbe vsed for the furnishing
the country with ammunition, and that (as soone as conveni-
ently may be) there shalbe an expedition sett forth against the
Indian enemies of this Province, at the sole charge of his Lo^p
(excepting the psons of the souldiers to make the expedition
withall, for whose service only the country shalbe charged) and
that Capt. Cornwaleys Esq is appointed & hath vndertaken to
goe as Generall of the said expedition, to whom I have given all
purchase that shalbe made vpon the enemy during the said expe-
dition, to be by him disposed of for the encouragem^t of volun-
tiers, that will sett themselves forth & serve at their owne charge,
and for the reward of his souldiers as he shall find them to de-
serve. And further for the greater encouragem^t and releife of
those that shall goe vpon this service, I will vse all circumspec-
tion that may be that the said expedition shalbe so made, and (by
God's helpe) performed, that it shalbe no considerable hin-
drance to any ones cropp: and that the debts of those whose
pnt abilities will not reach to the satisfying of their credrs,
without greivous pressure and disabling them for their neces-
sary subsistence for the future, I will vse meanes with their
Credrs (if they be inhabitants of this Prov:) to forbeare vntill
the next yeare, w^ch I have already assurance of from some of
the cheifest. Given at S^t maries 23. Jan:

p. 74

By the Lieuten^t Generall.

26.

Proclamaon touching
Indians
whereas by a late proclamation dated the 1 7^th of this instant
month, the English were authorised to kill any Indians in any