288 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1659.

Liber
P. C. R.

bought the Corne from him of the Indians, hee paying in priuate for
it, soe th^t this Depon^t knoweth not what Truck, they gaue for it, &
further sayth not John 1 Walton
Jurat Cora Josias ffendall his marke.
Attested allso by the s^d Walton in open Court.

Thomas Mitchell Mariner aged 38 yeares or thereabouts sworne &
examined sayth That about the 29^th of March, hee went up Patow-
meck Riuer in the Vessell commonly knowne by the name of the
May fflowre, (Danil Hutt Master) unto an Indian Towne, where
they tooke in Corne, but the quantity he knoweth not, ffurther he

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sayth th^t the s^d Corne was purchased w^th wampompeck, or Roanoke.
And th^t M^r Dodman, & a stranger was w^th them, whose name this
Depon^t knoweth not, & further sayth not. Thomas P. Mitchell
Jurat Coraⁿ Josias ffendall. his marke.

Thomas Jaruise aged 24 yeares or thereabouts, sworne & examined
Sayth, That being w^th the Gouerno^r att Pamaunkey 5^o Aprilis last,
was told by the Indians, That the Vessell w^ch was there att that time
trading belonging to M^r Hutt, brought up a greate many guns, &
powder & shott & further sayth, th^t hee saw a new gun, th^t an
Indian had, And further sayth not. Thomas Jaruise.
Jurat Cora Josias ffendall.

John Lee aged 24 yeares or thereabouts sworne & examined &
being asked whither there were any Guns carryed up w^th them in
their Vessell, more then for their owne use, Sayth that there was :
but knoweth not, th^t any of them were sold to the Indians, And th^t
hee did not see them comming downe, nor since he came downe: &
therefore supposeth them to bee M^r Dodman's guns, And further
That hee knoweth not whither the master knew of them or noe;
but the s^d Guns lay open to the publicke ueiw in the hold, And being
further asked, whither they tooke in any Corne at M^r Adam's howse,
or att any other Englishmans howse? Answereth, That they tooke
in Corne att noe other place, but only att the last Indian Towne they
were att, w^ch hee heard called, by the name of Pamaunkey & sup-
poseth th^t this Corne was bought w^th Roanoake, & further sayth not.
Jurat Cora" Josias ffendall John Lee
Attested allso by the s^d John Lee in open Court.
And the Court, uppon a full hearing of both parties, Examinaon
of the Wittnesses, & consideraon of the Corne on board the s^d Vessell,
taken by order from the Gouerno^r, Judged th^t the s^d Vessell, w^th all
her furniture and Loading bee & are forfeited to the L^d Proprietary,
according to the seuerall Acts for Trade, prouided.
The Court adiorned by the Gouerno^r till Munday morning 8
o'clock