318 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1681-85/6.

Lib. R. R. R.

One old broken Saddle without a padd
One old Axe
Nine Cowes that are of ffurlongs marke .. 9
Nine Calves of the abovesd. Cowes w^ch John
Kirk marked of his the s^d Kirkes mark ....9

One old (yett small) browne Bull .. 1
Two Draught Oxen .. 2
One Steere of 3 yeares old .. 1
ffour Steeres of 4 yeares old p pr ..4
Three heifers of two yeares old p p^r ..3
One small yeareling .. 1
Three Steeres of 3 yeares old p p^r ..3

Totall N^o of Cattle are ..33

The above named goods and Cattle I have taken out of the
hands of Kirk, as being part of the Estate of Edward ffurlong,
In obedience to an ord^r of the hon^blec the Councill of the Prov-
ince of Maryland, and have deposited them into the hands of
ffrancis Martin a pson that formerly kept the aforesaid Cattle
at his plantation for Edward ffurlong, and lives but a mile
from ffurlongs former habitation where the Cattle were bred
by the Marishes, but the Cattle are the poorest that ever I
saw at this time of yeare especially the small Cattle,
p ffrancis Jenckins Shff

Pursuant to an ord^r of this board of the 4^th day of October
last past returne was this day made (by the Commission^rs
appointed to lay out for the Indians seated upon Nantecoke
River the land ass^d them by his L^sp: of their proceedings in
ascertaineing the maine branch of Nanticoke River, and the
bounds betweene Dorchester and Sommersett Counties
according to the Teno^r of the said ord^r being as foll (viz:)

Novemb the first 1684:
In pursuance of an ord^r of Councill beareing date at the
City of S^t Maries the fourth day of October in the nineth
yeare of the Dominion of the R^t hon^ble Charles &c^a Annoq
Dmi. 1684: Mett at Nantecoke Coll William Stevens, Cap^t
Henry Smith, M^r Bartholomew Ennalls, and M^r Charles
Hutchens, being four of the persons named in the said Ord^r

p. 159

which were authorised impowered and appointed then to settle
the bounds betweene Sommersett and Dorchester Counties,
and they haveing considered & enquired into the p^rmisses,
they think the branch commonly called the North East branch
is the main branch of the said River, and therefore ascer-