Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1661-1675. 501

To the R^t honno^rble Charles, Calvert Lieu^t of this province
of Mary^ld dd.
S^t Mary's

[Torture of two Oneida prisoners by the Pascatoways.]
Sir
Vpon Munday last the Indeans of Pascattaway sent to my
Brother & mee, word th^t they had taken two prison^rs of the John-
adoes vpon the North side of patomake river desiring th^t some
of the English would come & heare their Confession & see
their pceedings ag⁽ them which should be the next day by
noone if wee would come or else send th^m word or wee th^t J
would not come where vpon I requested my brother Ignatius &
Henry More to goe along with mee & wee went thither accord-
ing to the tyme they appointed & after I came they presently
began to Torter the man & gave mee this Relacon from him
by an Jnterpreter who vnd^rstood him th^t there was sixty of
them vpon the North side of patomacke River for to Warr &
kill the English & the Jndeans & doe what mischeife they could
& he confessed they had Cutt of one house & th^t the English
had killed th^m six men but what had been don since hee came
from them he could not tell & he s^d there was a hundred more
which were gone to the head of the bay to kill English there
& sasq^ehanoes to if they can light of them & th^t this Surner
they did intend to come into our Necke to kill English if they
could but passe the Jndeans & not be discouered this I thought
good to acquaint yo^r lo^p w^th th^t you may vse what meanes yo^u
can to giue th^m notice at Baltemore County th^t they may looke

Liber H. H.

from Potobacco this
9th of June 1664.

to themselues, as for the Relacon & maner of
their tortering th^m I omitt till I shall see yo^r
hono^r,
from yo^r humble seru'
Tho: Mathews

My broth^r Adams pnnh
his seruice unto yor honno^r

For the R^t hon^rble the Lieut gen^rall.
These from the Indian Interpreto^r M^r