Assembly Proceedings, May id-June n, 1697. 523

to my people to see them worke & what they had done I was
scarce sooner come out & Talking with some of my people
but I heard one of my negroes Cry out wee all rune to see
what was the matter, till I came to see about Tenn Indians
naked not painted running out of a branch coming towards
vs vpon which I turned about & desired my people to make
hast to the house some time after wee found the negroe alive
who lived foure dayes, I asked him if he knew any of the Indians
he told me noe I asked him how many Indians he saw he told
me 3 which he said was lodged in the lapp of a tree from
whence he was taking fence railes and as he was stooping to
take vp a rail they shot him at the back with an arrow & after-
wards run vp to him & knockt him downe, as to what they
did else to him as fleaing his head & cutting off one of his
eares he was not sensible, Since that time I haveing beene on
board some of the shipps at the mouth of patuxen at my
returne my wife informed me that some of those Indians that
formerly traded with me, had bin at my house each of them a
burden of skins, and would not be satisfied till they had
gotten a man to come to the westerne Branch of patuxen to
looke for me Vpon which she went vp to them & finding
that Cap^t Brightwell had discoursed them, then she bought
what they offered to sell. p me James Stoddart
M^r Joseph Chew appearing sayth that an Indian that hunted
for him told him that in the spring some mischeife would be
done at M^r Stoddarts plantacon therefore he would live with
him that he might testify for him. Cap^t Brightwell appearing
sayth that he & his men keepe constantly out a Ranging and

that they have enforted themselves Therefore desires that

he may have some small quantity of powder & ball two pick
axes two spades & two shovells with some ffusees and
Granadoes.

Original
Journal.

Resolved the Indians objeccons be answered & some pro-
posalls made them. And that Coll Addison Coll Courts &
Esq^r Brookes Coll Bell & Maj^r Smalwood Maj^r Barton M^r
Hutchison M^r Hawkins Cap^t Hoskins M^r Dent & M^r Hatton
be appoynted this evening to draw vp proposalls in order
to a treaty with them M^r Speaker & the rest of the mem-
bers take their leave & returne to the house.
Brought from the house of Delegates by Cap^t Hoskins &
Maj^r Barton the following message Viz^t

By the house of delegates June the I^st 1697

This house humbly desire y^r Ex^cy will give order that the
County Court Comissions be enlarged in limiting them to
10000^l tob: or 50^l sterl being a greate greivance to this prov-
ince therefore wee desire they may be as formerly
Signed p ord^r W Bladen Clk Delegates.

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