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428 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1696/7-98.
Lib. x. It was also acquainted the great man of the Shavanole tht the prsent formerly Delivered to Coll: Herman for the use of his Excy were never delivered by him att which he and the rest of the Indians prsent seemed much Concern'd at the Abuse aforesd. It was required if they had anything to offer or Communi cate to the Governmt to wch they Answered they had nothing farther then to desire that League of friendship Contracted between us might remaine Inviolable and that they all ways took us for theire friends and that they will be so to us, That p. 194 they mett us now not for any Complaint they had to make of any Injury susteined by the English but onely to heare by the great man of the Susquehanahs who has lately been taken Prisoner by the Naked Indians & redelivered what it was he had upon that & his Own Nation acctt to offer being so desired by them Jno Vrans Saelsmans Ion Thompson Interpretrs Cornelius Comegys Ed: Boothby his
Hendrick H Peterson Thomas Richardson mark
On the 26th of May Instant The Treaty with the Dellawares being Compleated & we the psons Appointed by this Gov ernmt for Managemt thereof departing homeward In the In terim Came Connetectah King of the Susquehanaes together with two more of his great men & one Lewee Lewison a frenchman resident among them who gave an acctt tht the Shavanole King with his great men were on theire march but by reason of his great Age Could not Come so farr as they but would be with us that night he the sd Conetectah Desire ing the Presence of the Dellaware King and his great men to hear on the Morrow what he had to Offer to the English & Indians in Amity with us from Lowensah King of the Shaw kelawgues als Naked Indians and accordingly in the Evening Came Meaurroway King of the Shawanoles brought on hors- back by reason of his Age together with one of his great men and one Martine Shartee a ffrench man resident & married Among them but being late in the Evening and Understand ing they had much to Offer on that Subject we resolved to deferr the business till the next Morning being so requested by the Indians who were Somewhat discomposed by reason of theire Long hard travell Accordingly on the morrow wee the persons appointed haveing given Notice by Capt Hanse Steetman Interprter in Chiefe for the Northern Parts of this Province Orders to Acquaint the Indians that we would pro ceed and haveing given them what Methods we took for the Managemt thereof accordingly We tooke our Place where
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