184   Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1704/5.

      Lib. C. B.  ter being told by his Excellency that he was informed through

                  his means Mr Jonathan White was thrust out of his pulpett

           p. 25  in King & Queens Parish and Mr Peirce Bodmin ahas Gerrard

                  introduced thereinto, he Denys that he has since cautioned

                  by his Excellency had any thing to Say to the said Gerrard,

                  & is cautioned that as a Vestryman he do not refuse to pay

                  Mr White the forty p pole.

                    Came Mr George Forster according to Somons and his Ex

                  cellency telling him that he was sent for to Answer an In

                  formation, that notwithstanding that Mr Henry Gerrard als

                  Peirce Bodmin had been forbidd to Preach or Officiate as a

                  Minister of the Church of England in this Province not having

                  any Lord Bishopp of Londons Appointmt or Lycence so to do

                  yet he had in his Parish Church Read or Declared that the

                  said Gerrard had fully Proved his Orders before the Gover

                  nour and Councill and Suffered him to preach in his Pulpert

                  in Contempt of the Government. Mr fforster says he only

                  said that Mr Gerrard had proved his Orders before Mr Chesel

                  dyn and Mr Greenfield And he must tell his Excelly that tho he

                  was Patron, yet he had no Spirituall power. To which his Ex.

                  cellency replyed he knew not any pretended thereto. And

                  that he was called to Answer to Another Matter his contempt

                  of the Government, and the said W Foster talking very con-

                  fidently & Impertinently the Councill Desired him to take

                  care of his Tongue as well as his Actions, this not being the

           p. 26  only complaint agt him; for that he is charged for marrying

                  people without Lycence. And the Attorney Generall Ordered

                  to prosecute him for the Breach of the Law therein,after which

                  he was desired to withdraw And the Boarde having considered

                  his rude distracted behaviour And Language Resolve that at

                  present he be reprimanded and cautioned to take care of his

                  Actions for the future; but now dismist as not capable of good

                  councill or reproofe, he was called in and received the said

                  Reprimand.

                    Came Coll Beale and brought a Strange Indian and Says

                  that his Son who Comands the Rangers had been out & past

                  a greate Circumference; having left two Rangers at Gunns

                  house who when they came in were asked if they had killed

                  any Deere and said they would goe out and See, when two

                  of them not above two hundred yards from the house riseing

                  the Hill they came just upon this Indian which they tooke

                  and Charles Beale disarmed & carryed him to Coll Addison.

                  The Indian being asked whence he was and Desired to Answer

                  in ffrench Pretended he had forgott most of that Language

                  and seemed unwilling to Speake in it but Spoke Indian and

                  by the Interpreter Indian Robin said his name was Nicholas

                  & was a Seneka Indian, was asked how he Came by the