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sent a Proclamation of pardon upon condition they would lay
down their armes and repair to their respective Habitations,
the which Cood (as wee were credibly informed) instead of
reading to the People what was therein contained, read a
dyfyance from Us, whereby to enrage and not to pacify them.
Cood and his party having thus made themselves masters of
the State House and the Records at S^t Maryes, borrowed some
great guns of one Cap^t Burnham Ma^r of a ship belonging to Lon-
don, and came to attack Matapany House, the which when he
came before he sent a trumpeter and demanded a surrender,
we desired a parley and personal Treaty in the hearing of the
People, which Cood would never consent to, wee knew if we
could but obtain that in the hearing of the People, we should
be able to disabuse them, and clear ourselves of what they
were made believe against us, but this wee could never get at
their hands, but to the contrary they used all possible means
to keep the people ignorant of what we proposed or offered,
and made use of such artifices as the following to exasperate
them. They caused a man to come riding Post with a Letter
wherein was contained that our neighbour Indians had cut up
their Corn and were gone from their Towns, and that there
was an Englishman found with his belly ript open, which in
truth was noe such thing as they themselves owned after
Mattapany House was surrendered. Wee being in this con-
dition and no hope left of quieting or repelling the People
thus enraged, to prevent effusion of blood, capitulated and
surrendered. After the surrender of the said House his
Lordshipp's Councill endeavoured to send an Acco^t of these
transactions, by one Johnson master of a Ship bound for
London to his Lordship the which the said Johnson delivered
to Cood When wee found wee could send no Letters Maj^r
Sewall and myself, desired of Johnson wee might have a
passage in him for England to give his Lordship Acco^t of
matters by word of mouth, which the said Johnson refused
upon pretended Orders to the contrary from Cood. Where-
upon Maj^r Sewall and myself went to Pensylvania to endeav-
our to get a passage there, upon which Cood and his party
took occasion to give out, wee were gone to bring in the
Northern Indians, but we missing of a passage there came
back and stayd in Ann Arrundell County (who never had
joyned with Cood nor his party) until the 26^th of September
when Majr Sewall then being sick) I myself got a passage
hither in one Everard. As to their proceedings in their As-
sembly, I can give noe Account, only that they have taken
several Prisoners. Henry Darnall.
December 31^st 1689.

Coll. Darnall's Narrative
of the troubles in Maryland.
1689.

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Colonial
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