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

Liber H. H.

The Informacon of Thomas Overton and William Hallis
Sayth That aboute the 25^th of Aprill last Thomas Sampson and
Richard Hayes seeing two Canowes with 9 Delaware Bay
Indians comeing downe Bush River, watching their Canowes
did discerne that they Steered towards their plantacon upon
which the said Sampson and Richard Hayes came and brought
the Jnformants newes of their comeing. Soe upon that they
tooke to their Boate and Armes and mett the Jndians and
required of them whether they were Sasquehannoughs yea, or
noe, and they answered Noe, And whilst that these Jnformants
were talking w^th one of the said Companyes in one of the
Canowes the other Canowe with Jndians went a Shoare, And
as soone as ere they were on the Shoare, one of the Jnformants
Doggs seizes on one of the said Jndians, and vpon that the
Jndian turnd him aboute and Shott the Dogg and killd itt, And
imediately another of the said Jndians that was on the Shoare

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Shott at these Jnformants and there Company, and the Bullett
came through the Boate, Then the said Jnformants and their
Company Shott at the Jndians that were in the other Canowe
and killd flue of them, that is all the Jndians that were in that
Canowe And further these Jnformts sayth that the Jndians on
the Shoare did kill one of their Company Called John Spurne
And further knoweth not
The marke of x Thomas
This Informacon was made Overton.
before vs The marke of x W^m
Henry Coursey Hallis
John Bateman

For his much respected freind
Coll. Nathaniell Vty these p^rsent

From the Sand Poynte in Delaware Bay this
20^th Aprill 1661

Worshipfull S^r Coll. Nath: Vty
These Lines of myne J am afrayd will be the intelligence of
sad tydings, the 1 7^th Day of this moneth here Depted from
hence three English men and one Dutchman there names J
haue not William John Norden, M^r Hack a Dutchman and
a Cooper, both at M^r Stocketts and one Walter at M^r Rights
which persons wee feare are murthered by the Jndians in their
Journey home as yo^w may further be resolved if yo^w please to
enquire The Jndians say their bodyes lay at a place calld
Saquasehum the 19^th Day here came ab^t 20 Jndians Soe by
some of them it was Discouered And J haue caused two Jndians
to be secured in the Corte of Guard, one of them is sett free
to informe their Sakim And this Day wee suppose he will be