266 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1742.

Lib. C. B.

At a Council held in the Council Chamber on Monday the
12^th of July in the twenty Eighth Year of his Lordships Domin-
ion Annoq Domini 1742

Present as on Saturday

Several Indians in Custody of the Sheriff of Ann Arundel
County being brought before this Board, and an Interpreter
sworn to explain to the best of his Knowledge the Meaning
in English, of what the Indians declare in their own Language,
to the Questions proposed to them by this Board, were ac-
cordingly examined and their Examinat^ns taken as follow

The further Examination of Jemmey Cohonk This Ex-
aminant saith that Pattasahook told him that He had been at

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the Conoy Town about a Month ago, and that the Conoy
Indians told Pattasahook as he said that the Totra Indians said
that the Indians of the five Nations would come down to the
Governor of Pensilvania under Pretence of selling their Lands,
and that in Exchange they would take from him nothing but
Arms Ammunition and other Weapons, and that the Indians
would make the Governor a Present of two Deer Skins apiece,
and that the Number of Indians that would come down he
heard were two hundred or four hundred, and this Examinant
further saith that Pattasahook told him the Indians said when
they had got the Arms and Ammunition from the Governor
of Pensilvania they would then come down and destroy the
English and Indians too, and that the Captain of the War
Indians belonging to the Shuan Town was carried away by
Tom Hoppington a Chicacoan Indian
James Cohonk

The further Examination of Sam Isaac This Exam^t saith
that He saw of the Somerset County Indians at Winnasoccum
at the time Panquash and the other Indians were there,
George Rokahomp, John Wittonka, Teague Wogg, George
Terrakell & Jeremy Peake, and he likewise saith that Indian
Mulberry & Indian Oliver bought Each of them a Gun from
the Shuan Indians & Chinehopper bought two of them

The Examination of Indian Joshua This Examin^t saith that
He saw at Chicacoan Town 18 Shuan Indians 3 Conoy Indians
and One Squaw who came as He understood under Pretence
of a Visit to speak with the Great Men enquiring after their
Health and if it was Peace, This Examinant saith that Pan-

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quash sent him to the Conoy Town to see for some Peake
that was lost, and to enquire what News, that he overtook