Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1684-89. 549

hereby require you forthwith to cause all inferiour officers and
souldiers under your Comand to meet you at a Generall Mus-
ter by you to be appointed and that you there cause to prove
and fix their Armes soe as to be in readiness at an houres warn-
ing for the service of his Lord^p in the defence of the Province
and that you alsoe make report to the Deputyes Lieut^s at the
City of S^t Maryes with all speed what quantity of ammunition
of each sort you have ready for his Lords^ps service aforesaid,
Given under our hands and Seales the 28^th day of June 1687.
Henry Darnall (+)
Clement Hill (Loc. sig.)

And the said Coll. Darnall further reported to the Board that
they had writt the following Letters to Coll. Lowe & Coll.
Stevens viz^t

Liber B.
P. R. O.

Coll. Darnall
and Mr Hill
Let's about
Nant: Ind:
to Coll: Lowe.

S^r

A few dayes since Maj^r Sayer sent hither an ex-
press of advice he had from Coll: Coursey that the
Emp^r of Nanticoke had lately sent to him to demand

three Englishmen that as they allcadgcd had killed an Indian
of theirs and that the Emp^r would not be satisfied to have them
sent down to S^t Maryes, that alsoe 50 of the said Indians are
lately come into Baltemore County and its suspected with noe
good intent and that they every where appear very insolent,
the Secretaryes being gone into Virginia here was not
sufficient of the Deputyes to give orders as the Case might
require but however we think it absolutely necessary some
preparatory Course be taken against the Secretaryes return or
enough of the Deputyes meeting therefore have adventured to
send a precept of the like nature to the Chief Officers of Balte-
more, Caecill, Kent, Dorchester and Sumersett Countys and
have desired Coll. Stevens to goe to the Emp^r to know what tis
he demands which is what by this occasion at present offers
from
Your humble servants
S^t Maryes June 28^th 1687. Henry Darnall
To the hon^ble Coll. Vincent Lowe &c. Clement Hill

The Letter to Coll. Stevens followes.

p. 103

Coll. Darnall
and Mr Hill
Letter to Coll.
Stevens about
Nant: Ind:

Sir
Wee lately received an express from Maj^r Sayer
who gives us an acco^t that Coll. Coursey had lately
advised him that the Emp^r of Nanticoke had lately