Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1636-1647. 133

Cecilius &c. to o^r trusty Capt Tho: Cornwaleys Esq greeting,
whereas we are informed of your propensenes to goe a march
vpon the Sesquihanowes; and that severall voluntiers to a
consederable number are willing & desirous to be ledd out by
you vpon such a march, vpon certaine conditions treated &
agreed betweene you & them, we approving very well of such
your & their forwardnes for the vindication of the honor of
God, & the xtian & the English name vpon those barbarous
& inhumane pagans, doe hereby authorise you to levie all such
men as shalbe willing to goe vpon the said march, & to lead &
conduct them ags^t the Sesquihanowe or Indian enemies of the
province in such time & manner as you shall think fitt, & to
doe all other things requisite for the training of the souldiers
punishing of insolencies & other offences ags^t martiall enemies,
vanquishing the enemies, and disposing of the spoiles, & all
other things & matters whatsoever to the said expedition
appteining, in all the same & as ample manner & power to all
intents & purposes as any Captaine Generall of an Army may
doe by the Law of war re.

m^r Brent Eod.
m^r Lewg^r It is ordered that vpkin Powell, who prose-
quuted on behalfe of Capt henry ffleet should take into his
custody the psons of Morgan Jones, Randoll Herbert and teag-
collett, & should carry them afore some Magistrate in virginea,
there to answere to the allegaons of Capt henry ffleet in point
of service.

Liber P. R.

1643
Aprill 18. m James Neale is hereby desired & authorised

to take a view of all the severall armes & ammunition in every
house within S^t Clements hundred, & to inquire by oath of all
men within the hundred as he shall think fitt, what quantities
of powder & shott is in each severall house, & to returne the
number of psons in every house able to beare armes, & the
number & quantity of gonnes fixed or vnfixed the store of
powder & shott, & the sorts of the shott; and the number of
swords, and this to doe with all the convenient speed he may,
& to presse for the publique vse to the quantity of 10 powder,
where he sees it may be spared by this view
Giles Brent
John Lewger

the Leiut^t grall & Counsell having taken into consideration the
difficulties & almost impossibilities of making a march vpon
the Indians at this pnt, vpon debate of what is fit to be done

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