Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1753. 583

Paces of any English mans Clear Ground and lay down their
Arms whether Guns Bows and Arrows or other Weapons and
move a Distance from them that any English man that shall
appear upon their call may take them up and in Case that no
one appears that they shall leave their said Arms if they Come
nearer and afterwards call aloud to give Notice to the English
of their Nearer Approach and if any Englishman shall kill an
Indian that shall Come unpainted and give Notice and Deliver
up his Arms as aforesaid he shall dye for it as well as an In-
dian that shall kill an Englishman and in Case the Indians
and English meet accidentally in the Woods every Indian
shall be bound Immediately to throw down his Arms upon

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Call and move from them and if an Indian meeting an Eng-
lishman shall refuse to throw down his Arms upon call as
aforesaid he shall be deemed an Enemy so treated as such
4^thly That the said Chiefs shall never Joine with the Chica-
cone Indians in the Choice of an Emperor or Chief or be
Subject in any manner to them nor shall they suffer any Indian
Subject to them to carry a Gun without License from his Ex-
cellency the Governor of Maryland and if any Indian shall
be found with a Gun without such License he shall forfeit his
Gun and be treated as an Enemy.
5^thly The Priviledge of Crabbing Fowling Hunting and
fishing shall be preserved to the Indians inviolably
6^thly That every Indian that killeth or Stealeth an Hogg,
Calf or other Beast or any other goods shall undergo the same
punishment that an English man doth for the Like Offence
7^thly If any Servants or Slaves Run away from their Masters
to any of the Indian Towns within the Territories of the said
Chiefs their Subjects shall be bound to apprehend the said
Fugitives and Convey them to the next English Plantation to
be carried to their Masters and if any Indian aforesaid shall
Convey or Assist any such Fugitives in their Flight out of
this Province he shall make the respective Master or Mistress
of such Servants or Slaves such Satisfaction as an English
man ought to do in the Like Case.
8thly That the said Chiefs shall not make any peace with our
Enemys nor shall make War without the Consent of the
Governor of this Province for the Time being and if they or
any of their Subjects shall hurt Jamy Small Hominy or any
Indian who hath Lately Confessed a Conspiracy against the
English the Guilty person or persons shall be delivered up to
be Punished with Death
gthiy That if the said Chiefs or any Indians Subject to them
shall kill any Indians or any other in peace and Amity with
the Lord Proprietary it shall be esteemed as great an Offence
as killing an English man

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