586 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1753.

Lib. C. B.

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
Enemy nor make war without the Consent of the Governor of
this province for the time being and if they or any of their
Subjects shall kill or Hurt Jemmy Small Hominy or any Indian

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who hath Lately Confessed a Conspiracy against the English
the Guilty Person or Persons shall be Delivered up to be
punished with Death
9^thly That if the said Chief or any Indians subject to them
shall kill any Indians or any other in peace or Amity with the
Lord Proprietary it shall be deemed as great an Offence as
killing an Englishman
10^thly Xhat 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 Indians 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 Colonel or
Magistrate of Note by whom the same may be Communicated
with all Expedition 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 Assist each other against all persons whatso-
ever that shall make War with or Attack either of them and
if either of them 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 Colonel of Somerset County
for the Lord Proprietor his Heirs and Successors two Bows

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and two Dozen of Arrows Yearly upon the Tenth day of
October as an Acknowledgm^t of his Lordships Dominion over
them and as a Pledge of Peace also