478 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1692-1694.

Liber K.

The Petition granted and Ordered that special Warrant

issue forth of the Land Office to Resurvey the Land men-
tioned in the petition according to the true ancient intended
meetes and Bounds thereof in presence of the Sheriff and a
Iury of the Neighbourhood to be thereunto impanelled &
sworn with Power and Authority given to the Surveyor to
examine upon Oath such Evidences as may be Produced to
give light thereinto &c
To all Suitors by petition or otherwise Ordered that war-
rants of Resurvey upon reasons and motives sufficient be of
Course granted by the Clerk also old warrants for land for
which caution has been given and the warrants not executed
nor made use of be also of Course renewed by the Clark by
virtue of this order of the Board

Memd
Persuant to the order of Council the 9^th Instant his Excel-
lency was pleased to communicate to the Governors of New
York and Virginia the Indians affairs in the following Letters
(viz^t)

Maryland March 10^th 1692
S^r
By this opportunity of M^r Trevits Return for New York I
must acknowledge the Receipt of your most courteous Letter
by him of the 16^th November last and that I have no sooner
answer'd the same or do it not know in my own Character
please to attribute it to want of so safe a Conveyance and my
present lamentable Circumstances of a disconsolate Widower
by my Wifes leaving this World on Sonday last the 5^th Instant
about two a Clock in the morning.

p. 159

The Allarm lately given us by some strange Indians lately
Come to seat among us at the head of the Bay in this Province
with more expected together with the ill News lately received
from Pensilvania of our Friends the Mohoakes being routed
& put to flight by the French and Cannida Indians with their
designs to attempt Albany and make Incursions upon these
Parts hath much consternated us and put me upon the
measures of Consulting the Councill what methods to be
taken in so great an Emergency the Result whereof at Present
is forthwith to erect and build three severall Forts along the
Frontiers in the most convenient Places and at such equal
distances as may be most proper for a Continual Intercourse
and communication one with another & consequently the
better discovery of any Invaders we have also designed the
securing by some means a certain frenchman seen among the
Indians and by some evidences and other circumstances