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Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1676—1678. 185
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Our men should kill any of their Indians) to putt the murder-
ers to death in like manner as we should doe p any of their
Indians that should be delivered up to us. That we have
been carefull to preserve our league with them firm and invio-
late, wch they are sensible of, otherwise if we had been guilty
of any breach we should doubtless have recd: their complaints
and been ready to give them Satisfaction, But on the Con-
trary a murdr has been committed on some of us and that p
some of their Indians (as we have all the reason in the world
to conclude) that we did now demand Satisfaction of them
and did not doubt but that they would as readily deliver up
the murderers to us without any further trouble according to
their Articles, that we are not willing to quarrell with them to
make warr upon them and Destroy them, but desire to con-
tinue and preserve Our League and ffriendshipp with them
provided they render us that reasonable Satisfaction wch p
their Articles they are bound to doe and we to require at their
hands.
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Lib. R.
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The Create men of Pascattoway (to say) onely Nicotaghsen
the Emperour and Ouquintimo the Speaker being come
together with Chotike and severall other Choptico Indians, It
was Ordered to Enquire of them
1st Why noe more of the greate men of Pascattoway then
the Emperor and Speaker onely were come when they verily
well knew that they were sent for upon soe considerable an
occasion as the business then in hand to be discoursed to
them did amount to, to wch after some pause they answered
that most of their great men were very busie in gathering
together their dead bones &ca
2. Who should speake for them, Ouquintimo the Speaker
of Pascattoway or Chotike he being also come with thm to wch
the Emperor made Answer Both.
Both were accordingly admitted in their turnes not inter-
rupting One Another
The Governor & Councell then proceed p Major William
Boareman the Interpreter to propound to them what was
concluded on in the morning wch the Interpreter accordingly
delivered to them by little and little the summe of all.
At heareing whereof they seemed to startle, the Governor
& Councell thereupon resolved to quitt the Roome to them
and allow them some time to consider and returne their
Answer.
After some Pause having consulted a while Chotike is
ordred to answer for them in manner foll: viz.
That they are very sadd and troubled at the Accident, the
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