408 Assembly Proceedings, July 1-10, 1696.

Original
Journal.

consent of this Governm^t His Ex^cy acquaints them that he is
resolved to Mayntayne the Garrison at the ffalls of potomack,
and rather then the same shall be deserted he will reside there
with 500 men.

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His Ex^cy forwarned the s^d Indians that they did not go out
of their bounds beyond the Garrison without giving notice to
the Comand^r in chiefe of the said Garrison, least now this
tyme of Warr they might be mistaken for forraigne Indians
and be thereby endangered
That altho' the s^d Indians do go to the Forte and live under
the Empero^rs Comand [yett they] shall not loose their Royalty
but so soon as their [corne was gathered, by their] application
may be permitted to [gunn and hunt] if they think fitt
His Ex^cy recom [ended to them that] they live amicable
together and give all due [obedience to the Em]pero^r of
Piscattaway.
His Ex^cy acquainted them that] the Indians that live upon
the Branches of [potomack we]re sent to, and if they
refuse to come and live under [the] Empero^r or else go clear
away out of this province he will go up himselfe and route
them.
That they never entertain the Anna Costain King but that
they apprehend him and deliver him up to the English for
which they should be rewarded with twenty Match Coats.
That if they are willing to Sell any part of their Lands to
the English, his Ex^cy is consenting thereto and advises them
to go before some Magistrate to the end they may not be
cheated, nor any fraud comitted.
Whereupon the said Empero^r King Calvert, King Peter,
and the rest of the Indians Great men having had the same
interpreted to them, consented and agreed to Act and do
according to the af^sd proposalls.
Then his Ex^cy acquaints them that upon Munday next,
Coscanhosh, should be tryed for his life, and asked them what
they had to say for him.
Whereupon they replyed that they had nothing to say for
him but delivered him to the English to do as they thought
fitt. But that they would all Speake for the Young Indian
because that when the Murther was done he was within the
fforte when at the same time Coshcanhosh was roving abroad.
His Ex^cy told them that in favour to them and upon their

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becoming obliged that the young Indian should behave him-
selfe well and honestly he would deliver him them. Where-
upon the Indians all promising that the said Young Indian
should well and honestly behave himselfe for the future he
ordered him to be delivered them and the said Indian was
accordingly delivered up.