Assembly Proceedings, Mar. 10, 1697/8-Apr. 4, 1698.127

14. A Reviveing Bill.
Then came down the hon^ble Thomas Tench and Iames
Frisby Esq. and bring down the following Messages and
proposalls viz^t

By his Ex^cy the Gov^r and Councill in Assembly
March 31^st 1698.

The Message of the house of yesterdays date wherein it is
intimated you made full and sufficient answers in relation to
the Indian Affaire.
This Board do say that they have inspected and again
pussed the Severall Messages, answers and Resolves sent to
and rec^d from the house Concerning the Same as also the
Reporte of the Comittee and diverse other papers respecting
that matter, whereby they not onely find you have omitted the
answering two of the most material points reported by the
said Comittee Viz^t :
Whether the proceedings of his Ex^cyand his Matys hon^ble
Councill with a comittee appointed in October last ab^t the
Indians are approved of or not. And whether the answer of
his Ex^cy S^r Edmond Andros his Matys Lieu' and Gov^r gen^ll of
Virginia &c. and his Matys hon^ble Councill there herewith
returned you concerning the same is well or ill) but also do
observe that tho: the house hold the Piscaltaway Indians to be
a weak inconsiderable enemy, yett the Justices and the Grand
Jury of prince Georges County and the Frontier Inhabitans
upon Potomack do not reckon them so, as by the papers here-
with sent may appear) however it is considered if they should
comitte any murder or acts of hostility in this his Matys pro-
vince (which God forbid) his Ex^cy dos think that some of you
that are of that opinion will be the properest persons to
accompany him when please God he goes against the piscat-
taway Indians. But he wishes he had the same Religion to
dismiss the Rangers upon potomack as he has those in Balte-
more County, and doth not in the least question that if the
Piscattoway Indians were resident in this Government he
should by the same divine and humane assistance reduce them
to the same condesending peaceable and quiett condition of
the Indians on the Easterne Shoar.
And he thinks when his comands are in his Matys name
and not contrary to Law all persons within his Matys pro-
vince ought to pay due obedience thereunto. And as for your

Original
Journal.

desire of putting a speedy end to this Sessions of Assembly
you might have answered the purpose of the writt for which
you were called and what other matters have been proposed

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