That as to the ]l,ands of Schohary its the malice of those who would have them for their Slaves that put them on demanding it, for tliat those Lands the Indians had not yet parted with, nor were they fit for their laljour, no Pine being within Twenty miles of it, that it would be impossible to subsist inemtuere, or cleiend them against y^ Erench and French liidlans, mid besldf s tliey had obliged themselves to settle on such lands as he should assign them, and then desired their fi.nal answer, which was that they would have the lands appointed them by the Queen ; Whereupn his Excellency, in writing, told tliem tliat since neither their duty, allegiance or regard to her Majesty's unparallelled Charity and goodness in taking them up, and p>rovidiiig for them when they were starving, and abandon'd by all ye world besides, had been of any force to keep y^ within the bounds of their duty, and since they had no regard to a solemn contract signed by them, he was come to require and enforce the executioa of it, Copys and Translations of which they had in theii- own language. Then his Excell^y desired that what past between

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tliem, Copies whereof were then given y«^ might be communicat-ed to the people and their last resolution & final answer the next day at four in the evening.

A few Minutes after the Deputjes were gone. His Excellency was informed that a body of three or four hundred of them, were then passing the brook, the Deputyes among whom were the Captains, return'd to liim and in appearance seemed softened, and then went to the people who v/ere drawn up on the hill above the House, towards whom his Excellency marching with the Detachment, one of the Commissarys who had been with them told him they wanted to pay tlieir compliment to him, so his Excellency walked up to them, and ask'i them what tliey meant by appearing in arms, they told him what they had told the Commissarys, whereupon hisExcel^y ordered them home to their habitations, and being gone about a mile they discharged all their Firelocks, but their saying they came to pay their Compliment was only a Pretence, for they told two of their officers, as they were going home, that they came to relieve their Deputys in case they liad been confined.