Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1721. 367

    Sir                                         Lib.X.

      Some Representatives or Deputies from the Senequa

    Nations have been down to renew their former Articles of

    peace with this province and as I have with the Advice of my

    Council made some progress therein with them I thought it

    might not be Improper to Communicate to you our proceed

    ings with them which I therefore inclose you and beg you to

    be referred to them and least the proceedings of the Pensyl

    vania Government should not yet be come to your hands I

    likewise send you what I have in print of them.

      You may please to observe in our proceedings that the p. 10

    Senequas seem to be resolved on the destroying some Town

    of your neighbouring Indians (unless they make some Satis

    faction) which Indians we understand from them are in Friend-

    ship with you but as we cannot learn the name of the Town

    nor Nations of Indians it belongs to I am not able to give you

    a more particular Account thereof

      But this I have Observed that these Indians have been

    securing their peace with all the Indians to the Northward

    and Strengthning their alliance with all the Neighbouring

    Indians the better to enable them to Compass their designs

    Against that Town or Nation, the Cause of their Resentment

    from what we can gather by the Imperfect Translation of

    their Interpreters, is, that some time since a parcell of their

    Indians were sent to that Nation with Belts of peake in token

    of peace and were Civilly received at their Town but After

    their departure were pursued by them into the Woods and

    five of them killed and also that a Second time they sent six

    others with Belts of peake which never returned and there

    fore Conclude were murthered likewise

    Sr

      We apprehend that those Indians are prepared to Receive

    Impressions according to the Treatment they find with you in

    Virginia either for War or peace but seem resolved to try the

    softest measures first and seem disposed to Accept of a pecu

    niary Satisfaction for the Injuries they have received this

    temper of theirs I think proper to hint to your Honour and

    shall be proud if it may be of any Service in your treaty with

    them

     Sr

      I do not at all doubt of your Caution and prudent Manage

    ment at this Juncture but am advised by my Council to desire p. 11

    your Greatest Regards to the pacifying of these people (if

    their case be as they have represented it) by obliging your