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but the said Samuel made some hesitation when it came to his
turn, and his Countenance changed and he appeared Con-
fused, but at last on the Importunity of the Company, touch'd
the said Body, That this Behaviour of the said Samuel induced
the Company to Suspect and charge the said Jacobs with the
killing the said Indian, but he absolutely denied it. That after
they had buried the said Indian, this Deponent was informed
by one of the Company whose name is Thomas Elby, that in
some Conversation with the said Jacobs, the said Elby per-
suading him to discover where the said Indian's Gun was, the
said Jacobs had denied that he knew any thing about the said
Gun, but told the said Elby that the night before he had
dreamt that it was hid under a logg about two hundred yards
from the Main Road near a Run of Water which crossed the
said Road. That on this information this Deponent took one
Thomas Jones with him and left the Company with an intent
to search for the Gun, at the Place described which he was
well acquainted with, and after they had taken a Circuit a
different way in the Woods to conceal from the said Jacobs
and the rest of the Company what their real design was, he
this Deponent and the said Thomas Jones went down to the
before mentioned Run, and found the said Indian's Gun his
Powder horn and Shot Bagg lying under a log about two
hundred yards from the Road aforesaid, That they thereupon
were Confirmed in their former Suspicions that the said
Jacobs was the Murderer of the said Indian and immediately
returned to the said Company with an Intent to apprehend and

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carry him before a Justice of Peace to be dealt with according
to Law, but to their great surprize were informed by the Com-
pany that the said Jacobs had followed him the said Jones and
this Deponent into the Woods and that they had not seen him
since. This Deponent further saith that it was then Evening
and too late to pursue him, and that the said Jacobs hath
absconded and never made his appearance in that part of the
Country since, but that he has been informed he was seen soon
afterwards in the back parts of the Colony of Virginia, and
further this Deponent saith not,
Taken and Sworn March 6th 1766. Lemuel Barritt
Before me Will^m Allen Chief Justice.

A Description of Samuel Jacobs, the Person suspected to
have Murdered the Mohock Indian on the nth of January
1766.

A thick well set Man with a bold look about 5 feet 8 Inches
high 27 years of Age wears his own hair which is Short, and
frizled, of a light brown Colour, pock marked and has a Scar

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