Nations in the court-house, when his Honour made a speech to them, as did the commissioners of Virginia and Maryland; and each party presented strings and belts of wampum; on receipt of which, the Indians gave the usual cry of approbation, and in a stronger and more cheerful tone than heretofore. They were served with, plenty of rum at the conclusion of the speeches, and drank it with good goût. Wednesday, 4th July, 1744. The Indian chiefs assembled in the court-house,, and the Governor and commissioners met them there, when the speeches made yesterday, by the latter gentlemen, were answered by the Indian orators. After this, the chiefs made a present of a large bundle of deer-skins to his Honour, the commissioners of Virginia, and to those of Maryland, which were kindly accepted. The Governor, commissioners of Virginia, and the white bystanders, gave three loud huzzas, and thereby put an end to the treaty in regard to them. In the Afternoon. Court-House. The Shawanese nation of Indians, who compose the sixth body amongst these Indians, in the year 1742, came down to Maryland, on the eastern shore of that province, to a nation of our friendly Indians, and tributary to the Six Nations, called the Nanticokes, from inhabiting near a river of that name; and, by their artifices, persuaded them to rise upon the English, to recover all the lands that had been formerly theirs, but now possessed by the English, under Lord Baltimore; at the same time promising the Nanticokes all the assistance in the power of them, the Shawanese, though they were in perfect friendship with us, by the treaty made during the administration of the Hon. Charles Calvert, Esq. who, giving ear, but too unwarily, to the Shawanese, did intend to have put in practice the wicked scheme of destroying the white inhabitants of that shore; but their machinations were opportunely discovered, by one of the Nanticoke chiefs, a day or two before they were to have perpetrated the intended murders of the English. Upon this, the militia of the counties were raised; who, after a great and close search, took 68 Nanticoke chiefs prisoners, with old Pan quash, their emperor; and they were brought to Annapolis in sloops, and there examined and confined, but afterwards set at liberty. As these actions of the Shawanese (who, indeed, are the most dishonest and treacherous of all the other Six Nations, and for that reason hated by them) were contrary to the treaties then subsisting betwixt us, and them as a part of the Six Nations, the commissioners took an opportunity, in a private conference with them this afternoon, "to ask them the "reason of the Shawnese's procedure, and whether they "had any countenance from other nations? and also "desired the chiefs, then present, to search this business fully, and reprimand the criminal Shawnese, who were "more blameable than the deluded Nanticokes." 66 The Six Nations, by their orator, said, "that they were heart"ily sorry for what the Shawanese had done; but, on "their return to Onondago, they would make a strict "inquiry of the whole affair; and if they found them so "culpable as we alleged they were, then they would se 66 verely reprimand them for their treacherous behaviour, "contrary to the faith of treaties." When this answer was finished, our commissioners shook the several chiefs by the hand, and took their leaves of them, presenting Gachradodon with a fine laced hat. This Gachradodon is a very celebrated warrior, and one of the Cahuga chiefs, about forty years of age, tall, straight-limbed, and a graceful person, but not so fat as Cannasateego. His action, when he spoke, was certainly the most graceful, as well as bold, that any person ever saw; without the buffoonery of the French, or over-solemn deportment of the haughty Spaniards. When he made the complimentary speech (page 194) on the occasion of giving Lord Baltimore the name of Tocaryhogan, he was complimented by the Governor, who said, "that he would have made a good figure in the forum of old Rome." And Mr. Commissioner Jenings declared, "that he had never seen so just an action in any of the most celebrated orators he had heard speak." Thursday, 5th July, 1744. This morning, Mr. Peters, secretary to the Governor, Mr. Black, secretary to the honourable commissioners. of Virginia, and myself, examined the whole treaty, and finished all matters any way relating to it. At 12, Colonels Colvill and King, with the Virginia commissioners, settled our accounts with Mr. Worrall. Here we dined, and immediately afterwards mounted our horses, and went from this filthy town to our kind, facetious landlord's, Mr. Hughes, at Nottingham township, by the Gap-Road, so called from a space or gap being open in the ridge of blue mountains, which extend a great way to the south-westward of Virginia, and north-eastward of Pennsylvania. I was so fatigued with my journey, which was fortyfour miles, and the weather was so very sultry, withal, having no good accommodations on the road, that several of us were seized with a fever. Lay at Mr. Hughes's, where good care was taken of me by my kind host. Friday, 6th July, 1744. Breakfasted at Mr. Hughes's; and about eight in the morning set out for Mr. Benjamin Chew's, in Cecil county, after having taken leave of the honourable commissioners of Virginia, and the several young gentlemen of that colony, with the latter of whom I had contracted a friendship, and received many civilities from them. My horse tired in my journey to Mr. Chew's, though it was but ten miles. Here I rested this day and night, ny fever continuing, and my horse still remaining lame. Saturday, 7th of July, 1744. Went from Mr. Chew's about six this morning: crossed the lower ferry of Susquehannah: baited at Mr. Treadway's ordinary, and arrived at Joppa about 11 o'clock. Ferried from thence over Gunpowder river to Mr. Day's, where I dined. From hence proceeded to Baltimore town, where I rested at the Reverend Mr. Benedict Bourdillon's; staid and drank tea with him and his lady, and then went over Potapscoe river to Mrs. Hughes's ordinary, where I lodged this night. Sunday, 8th July, 1744. After breakfast, about six this morning, went from hence to Annapolis, with Mr. William Dallam, and arrived there at ten o'clock. The end of my Journal. WITHAM MARSHE, Sec'ry to the Hon. Commis. of Maryland. A LIST OF THE SEVERAL PUBLIC OFFICES, ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS, AND OTHER PLACES OF Profit, IN THE PROVINCE OF MARYLAND, WITH THEIR REVENUES; IN WHOSE DISTRIBUTION, AS A PROPRIETARY GOVERNMENT. CHARLES Lord Baltimore, Proprietor. Gift of the Proprietor. Proprietor. vernor. Gift of the Lords of the { Governor, appointed by Proprietor, But if the government was in the Six naval offices, at £150 each, These are thriving offices, and in time of Collectorship for the district of Patux- There are 3 others, but know not their value. Four Deputy-Collectorships, in the Three Trustees or Commissioners of Their Clerk's salary, Ecclesiastical Preferments. Thirty-seven Parishes, in the Proprietor's gift, at £120 each, NOTE. If the clergy are once inducted, no one can turn them out, let their behaviour be ever so scandalous, for there is no spiritual court, nor has any Bishop power to control them in Maryland, the Proprietor being head of the church, &c. Carried over, Sterl. £1550 500 900 800 900 2600 1495 300 100 120 Brought over, £13,745 250 160 50 40 80 Treasurers of the two shores, Register of the Commissary-General, in his gift, 65 £14,390 Besides the places and benefices here particularly enumerated, there are sundry small gifts of profit, which, in the whole, may amount to a considerable sum. UNION OF THE BRITISH AMERICAN COLONIES, AS PROPOSED IN THE YEAR 1754. PLAN* of a proposed union of the several colonies of Massachusetts-Bay, New-Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode-Island, New-York, and New-Jersey, for their mutual defence and security, and for extending the British settlements northward and westward of said colonies, in North-America; recommended by commissioners from several colonies, met in congress, at Albany, June 14, 1754. Present, Lieut. Gov. De Lancey, Messrs. Mur- Lieut. Gov. Pitkin, Maj. Woolcot, and Messrs. Hopkins and Howard, New-York. Massachusetts- shire. Connecticut. Rhode-Island. Messrs. Penn, Peters, Norris, and Pennsylvania. Franklin, Maryland. Col. Tasker and Maj. Barnes, That humble application be made for an act of the Parliament of Great-Britain, by virtue of which one * There was another plan proposed, which embraced all the colonies of North America, except Georgia and Nova Scotia. |