Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1660- 1661. 413

The persons by order this Day Summoned appeareing before
Sumons serued upon them Jt was thought fitt to anticipate the
Examinacons touching the Engagem^t with the Jndians in Gun
powder river and ordered that first Robert Gorsuch be Calld in
The Jnformacon of Robert Gorsuch touching the death of his
wife whoe was killd by the Jndians the 11^th of Aprill 1661
Sayth.
That upon the 11^th of Aprill there came to his howse some
Jndians some in blew and some in red Matchcoates whoe killd
his wife and plundered his howse, and aboute 4 or 5 Dayes
after came to his howse againe, and killd some fiue Cowes and
a Steere and some hoggs as he supposeth
The Jnformacon of Jn^o Tayler sayth that upon Easter Eve in
the Afternoone there came two Jndians to his howse, but he
not vnderstanding their Language poynted at them to be Gone,
he haueing notice before of a Murther Comitted upon Robert
Gorsuch his wife, and they accordingly Departed; the next
day those selfe same two Jndians retourned againe with 7 more
and one woman, whoe comeing neare his Landing Short of a
Gunn to giue him notice as he Conceiued, whereupon he went
to the Landing to them, and they asked him for some tobacco
which he Did giue them, And upon Sight of another Canow
of Jndians bid them be Gone one of them vnderstanding and
Speakeing a little English upon which they went away and
Steered as he thought towards a Plantacon hard by where two

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Batchelors liued named Edward Forster and John Forster,
That John Forster comeing in a Canowe towards the Jndians
Shott at the said Jndians and came imediately away to this
Jnformants howse Whereupon the said Jndians Shott 3 Gunns
at the said Forster and imediately went and plundered his
howse and came round aboute the neck & plundered his
tobacco howse, where his Goods then lay for want of Roome
in his Dwelling howse to the vallue of one thousand pounds
of tobacco, That upon notice given of this Plunder William
Wignell Jn^o Forster and Edward Swanson went forth after the
said Jndians to knowe the reason why they plundered the said
tobacco howse and Comeing vp to them in the Woods where
they were sitting Round ab^t a fyre they imediately surrounded
the said English and Dischargeing a Volley of tenn shott killd
the said John Forster and at a second Volley wounded William
Wignell, notwithstanding which Shott they fought them three
houres and made their Retreate good Since which tyme the
said Jndians haue killed Eleauen head of Cattle and twenty
head of hoggs; Demanding of the Jndians who they were they
answered they were all Sasquehannoughs as all Jndians vsed
do toe that come to his howse
The marke of Jn^o T Tayler

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