Correspondence of Governor Sharpe. 61

did not intend to take him from the Indians or to restain his
Service to this Province nor was he thereby required to attend
any New Duty. I understood that the Govern^t of Virg^a had
employed several other Interpreters & as I thought too many
could not be engaged I gave him a Company that was then
raising to encourage him also to continue in the Service
having been told that his Allowance from Virg^a was scarcely
sufficient to support him. I am very sorry to find that his
Conduct has neither met with Yours nor Gover^r Dinwiddie's
Approbation however as an Interpreter will be much wanted
at Fort Cumberland while the Cherokees continue to go that
way to war he might be of Service there & as Colo Stanwix
has taken him & the Rest of our Officers under his own
immediate Command I have desired him to order Capt Pearis
thither. I suppose the Belt that Wahachee enquired after
was one that was given to Yatanou upon Wahachee's refusing
to part with either of them that had been did with my Mes-
sage. I am told that that Young Warrior shews a great
Affection for Pearis which makes the old Fellow jealous & an
Enemy to him if this is the Case it is not improbable that
Wahachee has falsified in what he says of his having told him
that he had the Management of Indian Affairs, for my own
part I cannot help entertaining a very bad opinion of that old
Fellow & do not desire to hear of his Return to this Province,
I have forbidden Pearis to make any Promise to him or any
other of the Cherokees in my name or to transact any Busi-
ness whatever with them on behalf of this Province but if they
shall at any time come to Fort Frederick they will be furnished
with provisions as usual & if they should bring in any Scalps
& deliver them up while our Act of Assembly continues in
force the Agents will not refuse to pay the praemium tho if
you choose to give such Directions the Agents will purchase
Goods therewith & deliver them in your name or with any
Speech that you shall desire them to make on such occasion.
I am &c.

[Sharpe to Calvert.]

30^th July 1757 & transmitted by Capt Coolidge.
Sir
Herewith you will receive by Cap^t Coolidge the Rent Roll
of Ann Arundel County made out as conformable to your
Specimen as possible, there may be still a few Articles that
are not sufficiently clear or regularly accounted for which is
owing to the want of some Record Books that have been long
since altogether or in part destroyed or to some other Cause
of equal weight. All that I can say is that I have used my