548 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1684-89.

Liber B.
P. R. O.

pardon and leave to kiss your Hon^rs hands and desire orders
as soon as possible which shall be faithfully executed by
Your Hon^rs most humble servant
superscribed Peter Sayer
To the hon^ble Coll. Henry Darnall
at S^t Johns with speed and care
p M^r And: Abington q d c.

The Copy of Coll. Courseyes Letter in Maj^r Sayers Letter
above mentioned is as followeth viz^t

From my house at Trumphinton the 20^th June 1687.

Coll. Courseyes
Letter to
Maj: Sayer
about the
Nanticoke
Indians.

Maj^r Sayer
About four dayes since I was sent to by the
Emp^r of Nanticoke to demand three Englishmen
to be delivered up to him to be put to death for
hat they had murthered one of his Indians at

Bush River, the Mess^r was his son and he peremptorily told me
that his Father would have the men sent to S^t Maryes but
delivered to himself and that noe other satisfaction should
satisfie. One of the men is M^rs Stanbyes servant and a Free-
man in the same house and a third not far from thence yester-
day I happened to meet with M^rs Stansby and she told me it
was very true, with the discription of the occasion I doe much
fear (if it be not timely prevented) that some Mischief that way
may be done there being not less than 50 Indians of Nanti-
cokes now gone that way. To prevent the calamity that may
befall severall and likewise the Hazards of a warr in th' Prov-
ince I would desire you to write to the Gentlemen that rules

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the Province to acquainte them with it for certainly it will prove
an evill if not timely prevented the old Emp^r being dead they
have a good occasion to renew the league and to include this
mischief
True Copy Serv^t
Peter Sayer. Henry Coursey.

Whereupon Coll. Darnall informed' the Board that in the
absence of sufficient of the Deputyes Lieuf to sitt in Councill
himself and M^r Clement Hill had sent the following precepts
to the chief officers of Baltemore, Csecill, Kent, Talbot, Dor-
chester and Sumersett Countys viz'

Order sent to
Military Officers.

Whereas for the continuall safety and defence
of this Province it is requisite and necessary an