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ernment, and doth utterly deny he ever Contracted Marriage
or took to Wife an Indian Woman of the Susquehannah
Nations, and doth utterly Deny he ever had a Child or Chil-
dren by any Such Susquehannah Wife, nor was ever at any
time Concerned for the said Susquehannah Nation or any
other Indian Nation whatsoever, against his Majesties Subjects
the good People of this Province
2d That the said Iacob Young in the Year 1675 did not
live and Inhabit in Cecil County nor in any Places within this
Province, but did then live & inhabit in Delaware untill
August 1676 about which time the said Jacob Young rece'd a
writing Dated the 14th Augt 1676 in these Words foll. (Suffer
the bearer hereof Jacob Young the Interpreter together with
the Embassadors of the Susquehannah Nation to pass freely
to St Maries in this Province of Maryland, and from thence
Safely to return to Newcastle &c: and Subscribed by his
honour the Chancellor with other papers written to the same
purpose, here ready to be produced of the same Date, That
the said Young 29th November 1676 received one other
writing under the hand of his honour the Chancellor in these
Words (Jacob Young I have received Yours dated the 16th
Instant and have Communicated it to the Goverr and Council
and by their Command I herewith Send you a third Safe Con-
duct for yourself and the Susquehannah Indians to Continue
for four Months least the hard Weather might hinder you or
them from Coming Down sooner, and force us and them to
Send too often to one the Other without Effectuall treating
which may Begett Iealousies on their part &t) in which Letter
is likewise inserted that the said Young is to perswade them
to stay within the Bounds of the Province, and that he Should
perswade the Susquehannah Indians that were gone to the
Delaware Indians to return &t as by the said Letter here ready
to be produced it doth more largely Appear That the said
Young received two Commissions to the Same effect about
the same time here ready to be produced; Pursuant to which
Orders Letters and Commissions the Said Young with great
Hazard of his Life Sought out the said Susquehannah Indians
and found them; thinking therein he had Served the Lord
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Proprietary and the People of this Province; and that at that
time the Bay was frozen so that the said Young and Indians
could not Come down to St Maries according to the Direction
& Orders aforesaid, and at that time and no other the said
Young did Succour and Assist the Susquehannah Indians, who
destroyed about 20 or 30 Barrells of Corn besides Meat That
the said Young hath likewise Orders and Instructions under the
hand and Seal of Coll Coursey bearing Date the 12th of
March 1677 Ordering him the said Young to find out and
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