Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1676-1678. 145

Thomas Notley Esq^r Governo^r
The Hon^ble Will Calvert Esq^r Sec^ry
Coll: Henry Coursey

Severall Great men Indians of Nanticoke in Comp^a w^th
Coll. Henry Coursey came over to speake w^th the Governo^r
touching the late murd^r committed on David Williams and
his family in Somersett County, & brought w^th them two
Nanticoke Indians Prisoners to be delivered up to the English
in Satisfaction for the same, were ord^red to meete at the said
Court house this Day.

The Names of the great men are. viz
Oupetoh Bro^r to the Empero^r The Names of the
Tequassino Prison^rs are
Chincoricos Wottocwacough
Ousawosson Onnechacoughson

The great men to Severall Interrogatories pposed to them
doe declare as foll:
That the Empero^r of Nanticoke (from whom they were sent)
is ashamed that a murd^r is committed upon some English,
that the English have made severall Demands to have the
murder^rs Delivered up, that he has made it his chief care and
business to find out the psons that committed the same, but
notw^thstanding he has made strict Inquisition into the whole
matter and has narrowly searched all the severall Townes of
Indians belonging to him & und^r his Subjection, cannot find
any more then that One he has delivered up, who brought
home w^th him two Matchcoates, two p shooes two pr F. Stock-
ings, one shirt, and one p Breeches soone after the murd^r was
Committed, and was thereupon strictly Examined p the
Empero^r how he came by them, but being able to give but a
slight acc^t thereof was by him suspected to be the murd^rer,
and was therefore delivered up to the English that the
Empero^r has also strictly Examined and Enquired of all
Indians und^r his Subjection that have with them any English
Goods, where they had them and how they came by them,
but cannot find any other psons Concerned in the s^d Murd^r
then him whom they have already delivered up, they further
say that they were sensible that the English were very angry,
and that they had brought w^th them two Indians to be Sacri-

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