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5. or 6. weeks spent to consume the kings subjects, and put
both Countrys to an excessive charge and a generall Allarem,
for the Indians often salleyed out, killed many and toke their
spades and armes, and made themselves there with stronger
and stronger, another party with other Indians, fell up'on Vir-
ginia, and notwithstanding Gov^r Baltemore's hyred ships,
sloups and planted great gunns, the Indians marched through
Our Campe with wyff and children fightinge, and escaped clear,
they kroak that shamefull siege up, with the loss of above 200
souldiers and 12 or 1300000^lbs of tobacco charges to the
Country, besids Virginia, the Indians loosinge but now and
then one by chaince, but in Virginia where destroyed above 5.
or 600. men, weemen and children, without any resistance con-
siderable, untill Sq^r Bacon, moved with the peoples and his
owne loss, repulsed the Indians, which hath taken full effect, if
not hindered by som ill wishers aboves^d which brought the
Country into a further confusion and distraction amongst them-
selves. But the susquahana Indians retreyted mean while to
their Susquahan River againe, and cut off severall families at
the head of the Baye, and thus are the Indians encourradged,
who call the Christians Cowwards and childeren to fight with.
This doth set a generall fear and perplexity uppon the people
all the Country over. But Governor Baltemore to cloake his
policy with an Assembly, condemned his Maj^r Trueman into a
fine of 10000^lbs. of tob: and imprisonment duering pleasur,
for having suffered the aboves^d 5. susquahana Indians to bee
killed, and not that he hath let them all escape, notwithstand-
ing the Assembly cleared Trueman uppon the produce of Bal-
temore's Ordre, but it is as it was thought, to stop his mouth
and prevent his complaining to England, to reveal secrets. O
Treachery plainly discovered out of the Cabinet of Popish
Maryland, w^ch opened further out starts a Number of Griev-
ances, which prognosticat an absolut ruyn and subversion of the
king's Maj^tys loyall subjects in Maryland, as hereafter is mani-
fested, for which they call now Governor Baltemore to an
account before our Souveraigne Lord, the king and parliament
in England, and doe charge him—
That he is guilty of the late murthers in Virginia and Mary-
land, and a great many of the Kings Majestys subjects lyves
lost before, and the ruynatinge of their Estates.
That Hee is guilty of the Mischief done by the Sinnico
Indian, that com now every year downe and robb the Country,
by not havinge sent and joyned with the Governor of New
York, to enter into a league with them, as hee was advised
divers years agoe, but refused and neglected it.
That Hee raysed the People in Armes for his privat gaine
and Interest, onely to oppress the king's subjects with great

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