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P. R. O.
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improper trucke this deponent heard the said Claiborne find
fault with, and say it came to above £300 sterling which some,
if it had beene laid out in good Dutch Cloath such as part of
the supplie that yeare was, and Spanish Axes, of which this
deponent never knew the said Claborne to have any that the
Indians well liked This deponent verely beleeveth that it would
have yielded to the value at least of £1500 sterling or more.
Ad 12. dicit et deponit That the said Claiborne did to this
deponent's owne knowledge, bring to the said Hand divers
Neate Cattle out of Virginia, to the number of 30 as this de-
ponent thinketh, by reason there was soe great a number as
140 at least when the said Claborne went for England, and
that the milke of the said Cattle was a great nourishment to
the Inhabitants on the said Iland, both in sicknes and health,
And that the said Claborne might have had (as this deponent
verely beleiveth) 100lbs of Tobacco yearly for the milke of
every Cow, and they the said freemen to have kept the said
Cowes and att the end of the yeare to have restored the said
Cowes with theire encrease, and the like bargaine of lending
hireing and restoring of Cattle is usuall in Virginia And that
the Grasse on the said Hand, if it be not fedd it wasteth and
burneth away And further deposeth not.
Ad 13. Dicit et deponit That the said Claiborne did all the
time of his trading there with the Indians want truckingstuffe
(to this deponent's owne knowledge, for he did trade for and
with the said Claborne and hath often seene the Indians bring
more Beaver to the Plantation and to their boates then they
had trucke to buy it with And that the said Claborne did pro-
vide Pinnaces boates men and all things necessary thereunto
acording as is mentioned in the said Accounts, and that the
said Claborne if he had not wanted trucking stuffe might have
yearely bought (as this deponent beleeveth) att least twice soe
much Beaver as he did or more with the same boates men and
meanes, soe that the want of truckingstuffe and the unnecessary
providing of the said things in expectation of Trucke, was a
great damage to the Jointstocke which damage hapned not by
the default or neglect of the said Claborne as this deponent
conceiveth And further deposeth not.
Ad 14. Dicit et deponit That from time to time divers yeares
during the said Claborne's aboade upon the said Iland and
Plantation, there was great want of Ammunition as Powder,
shott and Gunns whereby the said trade was hindred and the
people upon the said Hand were in great danger to be cutt of
by the Indians, and were almost afraid to stirr out of doores,
and the people did much complaine to the said Claiborne
thereof, and that this deponent had his Plantation there cutt of
by the Indians and a man and a child slaine by them and two
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