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482 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1684-89.
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Liber B.
P. R. O.
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induceing him thereto, casts himself at your Honrs feete for
mercy, and humbly supplicates your Honrs grace and favour
may compassionately be extended towards him to the pardoning
and takeing off the corporall punishment justly due to him for
the same.
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Order for
pardon.
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And he as in duty bound shall ever pray &c.
Ordered that if (upon passing of sentence in the
Provinciall Court) the Petr doe freely and voluntarily
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acknowledge his Offence and humbly submit himselt in the
face of the Countrey then present in a more speciall manner to
the honble Coll. Henry Darnall therein particularly abused, and
shall also promise amendment of life, with hearty sorrow for
the mis-carriage of his life past, according to the summe of his
petition, Then pardon to be granted him according to his
prayer.
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Francis Jenckins &
John Townesend
added to the Comn
conc: the Indians.
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At the motion and request of the honble
Coll. William Stevens ordered that Mr Francis
Jenckins and John Townesend be joined in
Comissn with him Coll. Colebourne &c. to
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sett out and ascertain the Indian lands and enquire into and
redress their grievances.
Accordingly issued the following Comon (viz:)
Maryland ss.
By the Councill.
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Comon to Coll:
Stevens &c. conc:
Indians East
shore.
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Whereas Complaint hath this day been
made by the severall Kings of Pocomoke,
Annamessex, Monoakin, Nasswatex, and
Aquintica, who are all seated and cohabitt upon
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a certain tract or neck of land, called Askimenokonson Neck,
that not onely they are daily incroached upon by severall English
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remed fo: 38
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takeing up land,and seateing to neare them, and within
the land designed for them to their great prejudice
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and disturbance, insoemuch that after haveing soe often upon the
like occasions shifted their stations, they shall be again compelled
soe to doe, unless due care be taken for their redress, but also
that they are daily and continually molested, troubled and
perplexed with injurious breakeing in upon them of greate num-
bers of Cattle, horses and hoggs to the destruction of their
Corne Fields, by meanes of two Bridges one at the head of
Pocomoke and the other at Nassawango, or Askimenokonson
Creeke, dividing Askimenokonson Neck from Nasswattex For
remedy of all which they have mooved to have their portion
of land designed for them to be ascertained, and layd out for
them, and to have allotted them more, all the land to the west-
ward of Askimenokonson Creeke, and not seated nor inhabited
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