520 Assembly Proceedings May 26-June 11,1697.

Original
Journal.

children That the Shevanor Indians being about thirty men
besides woemen & children live within foure miles of
Caristauga lower downe & submit themselves & pay tribute
to the Susquehannahs & Senecars
That the Delaware Indians live at Minguannan about nine
mile from the head of Elke river & fifteen mile from
Christeen & Thirty mile from Susquahanah river & are about
Three hundred red men & are tributary to the Senecars and
Susquehannahs fifty of them living at Minguhanan & the
rest vpon Brandy wine and vpland Creekes.
That the Susquehanahs Delawares, Shevanoes, doe take
themselves to be & are inclinable to be vnder this province
because of their hunting within the same betwixt Susquehanah
& Potomoke.
Reports that the King of the Delaware Indians had him
tell his Ex^cy that if his Indians might be suffered to hunt
betweene Susquahanah & potomock they would looke after

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the naked Indians & give notice of them And lastly the s^d
Cap^t Hance Tillman proposes that-there be not soe many per-
sons suffered to treat with them.
His Ex^cy is pleased to aske the house if it will not be con-
venient to have the Indians that live at the head of the Bay to
come to the next prov^ll Court
To which they say it will be convenient that they come
downe at that time.
Maj^r William Barton gives the following account in writing
vnder his hand & Says,

That pursuant to an order of his Ex^cy & Council he went
into Virg^a where the Emperor of piscattoway & the Indians
vnder his Comand doe now resort being betwixt the two first
mountaines above the head of occoquam river lying neare
sixty or seaventy miles beyond the Inhabitants where they
have made a fort & planted a Corne feild. That he acquainted
them he was come by order of the Govern^t & Council of
Maryland to know the reason why they deserted their ffort in
that manner & left the province & whether they would
returne againe & to know if the Emperor & any of his greate
men will come downe to the Assembly now sitting at the port
of Annapolis to discourse them & give the Country satisfaccon
about these things & discover (if they could) the persons that
comitted the late murder in potomack: To which the Emperor
& his greate men made answer that one reason of their
goeing away was to secure themselves their wives & children
from the English who dayly threatened them as they were
informed Especially Coll Addison who taxt them severally
with the murder of the negroe Boy and told them that there