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Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1671-1681
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Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1676-1678. 173

 
inclose the same to him in a letter, with such further orders
& instruccons as you shall think necessary to add to him
Thomas Notley
Supscription
To the Honble Philip Calvert Esqr Chancelor of Maryland
these prsent To be comunicated to his Lordps Councel att the
Citty of St Maryes. 		Lib. R. R.
[Treaty with Nanticokes.]

Articles of peace and amity concluded & agreed upon
between the Right Honble Charles Lord & Propry of this Prov-
ince &c. And Vnnacokassimon Emperor of Nantecoke this
28th of March 1678.

imprimis, I is agreed upon that from this Day forward there
be an Inviolable peace & amity between the Right Honble the
Lord Propry of this Province & the Emperor of Nantecoke
upon the articles hereafter in this treaty to be agreed upon
to the worlds end to endure & that all former acts of hostility
& Damages whatsoever by either party sustained be buried in
perpetuall oblivion
2. That the said Emperor of Nantecoke shall deliver up all
Indians that shall come into his Dominion that are or shalbe
Enemies to the English and further that if any Indian Subject
to the said Emperor shall hereafter kill an English man that
the said Emperor shall be obliged to deliver such Indian up
to the Governor of this Province as a prisoner.

p. 153
3dly fforasmuch as the English cannot easily distinguish one
Indian from an other that noe Indian shall come into any
Englishmans plantation Painted & that all the Indians shall
be bound to call aloud before they come within Three hun-
dred paces of any English mans Cleared ground & Lay
downe their armes whether Gunn Bowes or arrowes or other
Weapons for any English man that shall appeare uppon his
call to take up & in case no one appears that he shall there
leave his said armes if he come nearer & that afterwards by
calling aloud endeavour to give notice to the English of his
nearer approach & if any English man shall kill any Indian
that shall come vnpainted & give such notice & deliver up
his armes as aforesaid he shall Die for itt as well as an Indian
that kills an English man & in case the English and Indians
meet in the woods accidentally every Indian shall be bound
immediately to throw downe his armes upon call & in case
any Indian soe meeting an English man shall refuse to throw
down his arms upon call he shall be Deemed as an enemy.
4. The priviledge of Hunting, Crabing, fowling, & fishing
shall be preserved to the Indians Inviolable 		p. 154


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