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Lib. C. B.

English and the Indians This Examinant likewise saith that
Our Indians were ordered by him and Panquash to leave
their Towns & go to the Swamp to chuse an Emperor, that
he does not know why they did not chuse One, and the
Reason of their leaving the Swamp, was, because their Powder
was gone, that He saw at the Swamp sixteen Somerset County
Indians among whom was Bastobello and the Young King
This Examinant also saith that he drank of the Liquor that
was prepared there by the Indian River Doctor, and that
It was to nourish him and make him supple.

The Examination of Indian Panquash This Examinant
saith that twenty two Shuan Indians came down to Chicacoan
Town to sell Guns and Matchcoats and to make Peace with

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him and the rest of the Indians, that the Shuan Indians offered
him Presents to make Peace with them which he would not
take, and that he did not make Peace with them, that the
Shuan Indians danced, and said they could bring down
sometime three hundred or four hundred Men That He sent
Joshua & Pattasahook up to the Conoy Town to know why
they threatened to take Toby an Indian of his away, that
the Shuan War Captain returned and said It was only to
scare him This Examinant further saith that the News Joshua
and Pattasahook brought down was, It was all Lies that It was
Peace, and that It was never known any of his Great Men
ever came to that Shuan Town and He also saith that he
knows nothing of a Design of the Indians & French coming
down to kill the English, nor does He believe the Shuan
Indians will meet with any Assistance from Our Indians if
they should come down, and He thinks the Shuan Indians will
not come again these four Years This Examinant likewise saith
that Our Indians were ordered by him to leave their Towns
& go to Winnasoccum to make an Emperor and that they
carried the Old Men Women & Children with them because
they had not Provision to give them in their Towns, that the
Reason they did not make an Emperor, was, because they had
not Money nor Skins enough to bear their Expences, that He
knows not of any logg'd House in the Swamp, and that all
the Indians Men Women & Children are returned This Ex-
aminant also saith that he drank of the Liquor prepared by
the Indian River Doctor to cure him of a Cough.

The Examination of Captain John a Broad Creek Indian
This Examinant saith that He did not see any of the strange

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Indians at Chicacoan but he heard they came down to sell
Skins Matchcoats and Guns that the Reason the Indians left