Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1661-1675. 531

The same for Ann Arrundell & Calvert County's for such
men as shall come thither for defence of them or March through
them vp into Baltemore County
That what soeuer freind Jndians shall be out in service with
theis party's shall be provided with Victuall & Quartered with
the English soe to keepe the partyes together That Every
Sold^r be warned to bring shooes & a shirt with him & if per-
chance any be soe poore as not to be furnished that he be
furnished att the place of Rendevou's To this End that all the
shooes that can possibly be found be pressed vpon the Acco^t
of the province till store be made vp one hundred & fifty paire
att least besides what must be immediatly distributed amongst
the Souldiers
That Ammunicon be every where taken vp vpon the Acco^t
of the province alsoe till the store be made two hundred pound
powder & five hundred pound of shott or lead
That the Comander with Every Party have power to Quarter
soldiers in his March or presse provision as occasion shall re-
quire & to giue Ticketts th^t soe the charge may be brought to
the publiq account of the province And vpon urgent Occasion
& the sold^rs in very greate want to presse clothing or boates
vpon the publiq acco^t alsoe
That all Smiths which have tooles be forced to fixe armes
for the Soldiers & all other the Inhabitants of the province, the
persons imploying such smiths tending their Cropps during
the tyme they are Imployed in fixing of gunns, & paying over
& above reasonable prices for such worke as by them shall be
donne for them
That Coll. Stockett send Order to presse Twenty soldiers
well provided as afores^d in Talbott County & the south-side of

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choptancke riuer in case he doe find he hath not force Enough
to resist the Enemy
That the Officers comanding the partyes Exchange any men
they find in their company vnfitt for the Service & to presse
others in the^r roomes within the County's out of which they
had their party's
That Rich^d ffreeman the Indian be put in the roome of the
one of Leiv^t Bogues men & th^t M^r Trueman veiw his Cropp &
building & that his Crop be tended as other the Soldiers are
tended by the hund^d & his howsing built by the Carpenters
that are to pay worke & that incase any greater damage come
to him then Ordinary itt shall be borne by an Equall charge
vpon the province
That as by former Order of the Councell the Crops of all
the soldiers sent out weere to be tended by the hun^dd for six
weekes now in regard they are to stay out longer that the
Respectiue hundreds shall tend the crops of the Sold^rs till they
be housed if they stay out soe long

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