584 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1753.

Lib. C. B.
p. 526

10^thly That neither the said Chiefs nor any of the Indians
under their Subjection shall at any Time hereafter keep or
entertain among them or within their Fort any Foreign or
Strange Indian or know or discover any such to appear or Come
into this Province without giving immediate Notice thereof to
his Excellency the Governor or some Col^o or Magistrate of
Note by whom the same may be Communicated with all Ex-
pedition to the Governor of this Province for the Time being
for his Directions therein and if Such Strange Indian shall
endeavour to Induce them to Destroy the White people or do
any Mischief they shall apprehend and Deliver such Strange
Indian to the English.
11^thly That if any Disputes shall arise between the said
Chiefs or their Subjects and any other Indian Nation in Mary-
land that they cannot settle between themselves it shall be
referred to the Governor and Council.
12^thly That the English and Indians shall hereafter be as one

people and Shall Assist each other against all Persons What-
soever that shall make War with or Attack either of them and
if either shall hear that any persons intend to Damage the
other notice shall be immediately given of the Danger
13^thly That as a farther Testimony of their League Peace
and Friendship with his Lordship the Lord Proprietor of this
Province and as they expect Protection from him and his
Government here the said Indian Chiefs & their Successors
shall pay and deliver unto the Col^o of Somerset County for
the said Lord Proprietor his Heirs and Successors two Bows
and two Dozen of Arrows yearly upon the Tenth day of
October as an Acknowledgment of his Lordships Dominion
over them and as a pledge of peace also.
In Confirmation Whereof his Excellency Samuel Ogle Esq^r
Governor in Chief of the Province aforesaid in behalf of his
said Lordship and Tom Hill and Robin on behalf of themselves
and the Indians under their Subjection have Signed hereto in
the presence of his Lordships Council and of Several of the

p. 527

Great Men of the Indians the day and year above Written and
the Great Seal of this Province whereunto affixed
The Mark x of Tom Hill
The Mark X of Robin Sam: Ogle

Articles of Peace and Amity concluded and agreed upon
Between the Right Honourable Charles Absolute Lord and
Proprietor of the Province of Maryland &c. and Bastobell
John Wittonguis Jeremy Peake and George Ruhahaum
chiefs of the Asseteagues and Pocomoke Indians on behalf
of themselves and Indians under their Subjection this 24^th
Day of July Anno Domini 1742