98 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1761-1769.

Lib. J. R
&U. S

Camp at the Forks of Muskingham
Nov^r 15th 1764.
Sir
It is with great Pleasure I can inform you that Our Ex-
pedition has obtained the most compleat Success, having
forced the Mingoes, the Delawares, and the Shawnese to Sub-
mit to the Conditions prescribed to them,
1. They deliver all their Prisoners without Exception.
2. They give Fourteen Hostages who are to remain in our
Hands as a Security that they shall Commit no Hostilities
against his Majesty's Subjects.
3. They are to send Deputies to S^r Will^m Johnson to make
their Peace and have engaged to ratify what Shall be Stipu-
lated with the said Deputies.
The Inclosed Copy of Our Proceedings contains a minute
Account of the whole transaction Therefore I will not trouble
you with Particulars, I am only to request that you will order
a Suspension of Arms to be published in your Government;
and I may presume to assure you from the present humble dis-
positions of these Savages that the Inhabitants of your Fron-
tiers may with Safety return to their deserted Plantations.
We have already received upwards of two hundred Pris-
oners Many of them have remained so long in Captivity, that
it is with the greatest reluctance they part with the Savages
and We are Obliged to keep a Guard upon them to prevent
their Escape.
The Mingoes and Delawares have not only delivered all
their Prisoners, but even their own Children born from White
Women.
The Shawnese have been very obstinate and nothing has
prevented the Chastisement they deserved, but the certainty
that if they were driven to despair, they would Massacre 150
Prisoners then in their Hands: However they have been
forced to Stoop to the same Terms as the other Nations.
I was joined at Tuscarawas by Two Companies of Volun-
teers from your Province, under the Command of Cap^t M^c-
Clellan and Cap^t Wolgomatt. As such a Publick Spirit ought

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to be encouraged in Our Colonies, I beg leave to recommend
them to your Notice, that they may obtain Pay, if possible,
from your Assembly, their Conduct has given me great Satis-
faction, and it would be very agreeable to me if they could
receive some gratification as they have put themselves to con-
siderable Expences to equip the Men.