52   Provincial Court Proceedings, 1672.




          Liber J J   six men goe to the Horekeil the 26th day of June last past, as he
                 humbley Conceives it was Lawfull for him to doe By virtue of a
                 Commissn and graunt to him made by the Right Honble the Lord
                 Proprietary undr the Great Seale of this Province bearing date the
                 20th day of Aprill last in the 40th yeare of his Lordpps Dominion,
                 for the Indian Trade and amongst other things by the said Comissn
                 was Impowered him the said Thomas Jones his Agents ffactors or
                 assignors finding any pson or psons Trading with ye Indn to take
                 seize or surprize the said pson psons so tradeing as aforesd, To
                 geather with their Ship or Ships Boats vessells (or Truck for skyns
                 Clandestinly had or purchased) And them to keepe in safe Custodie
                 untill they shall be brought to a Loyal tryall before his said Lordpps
                 Cheife Govrnor of his said Province of Maryland
                   As by the said Recited Grannt amongst other things it doth &
             p. 520 may more at large appe And this Respondt saith that he haueing
                 Impowered Daniell Browne his Agent who being at the Horekeil
                 in worcester County and finding seurall Dutchmen Tradeing with
                 the Indians for ffurrs, and being alone and the Dutchmen in great
                 number, Repaired to the Respondt and accquainted him therewith,
                 This Respondt did then repayre to the whorkeil and finding the
                 Dutchmen there, and their number to be more then three parts
                 greater then the numbrs that this Respondt there had with him, and
                 also being informed that they had seized on the Pson of the said
                 Daniell his their Agent a liver in this Province and now Constable
                 at the Horekeil, and violently and with force carryed him away
                 Prisonr to the Port of New yorke who there deteyned him. Where
                 upon this Respondt did seize the persons of diverse Dutchmen &
                 them bound till he found out who of them it was that seized tooke
                 & Carryed away the said Browne Prisonr, and this Respondt found
                 out that it was one Hermanus that was the theife he released them
                 all but the said Hermanus whome he Deteyned till Capt Carre gaue
                 this Respondt a tre to his Excellency the Gournor. for the deliuery
                 of the said Hermanus, wherupon this Respondt released him the
                 said Hermanus, And this Respondt fur ther saith that lie then finding
                 there seurall ffurrs that the Dutchmen had there Clandestinly traded
                 for with the Indians, and without any Comissn from the Lord Pro
                 prietary, Did by virtue of his said Comissn seize them and one
                 Matchcoate that they were wrapped in with Promise of Restitution
                 if those goods should not be proved seizable & fforfeited, All which
                 this Respondt hath giuen in a perticuler to his Excellency the Lord
                 Proprietary, Cheife Governr to be Proceeded agt in a Legall manner
                 to be accquitted or Condemned as uppon hearing the matter and
                 proofes on both sides it shall seeme Agreeable to Law and equity,
                 The Powder that this Respondt found being truck, and they telling
                 this Respondt they would sell it to the Indians and a power of
                 Indians being then in the towne for prevention of present & future
                 Danger (if any Tumult should be made) he destroyed all but what