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Selected
Excerpts from Hawks' History of North Carolina, Vol. 2.
No. XIII.
EXTRACTS FROM MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL OF NORTH CAROLINA.
[From the originals in the office of the
Secretary of State.]
July 31, 1712.--The Honorable the Governor having represented to this board that
there is a necessity to send an express to one Martin, an Indian trader on the
head of Potomack, to get intelligence from him of the motion of the Seneca
Indians: Ordered, that the governor do send such person as he shall think fit to
the said Martin, with such letters and instructions as he shall think proper.
July 31, 1712.--It is ordered by this board, that a messenger be forthwith sent
with instructions from the governor to the nation of Indians called the Saponees,
to endeavor to get them to engage with us in this present war against the
heathen, upon such conditions as they shall think fit; and to promise them on
behalf of this government, that if their wives and children will come into this
country, they shall be protected and provided for in the mean while.
September 12, 1712.--Upon complaint to this board by Colonel Mitchell and
Colonel Alexander Mackey, that they have received divers concurring informations
against Thomas Cox, senior, and William Stafford, senior, of Currituck, for that
they did in a mutinous manner seduce and draw aside divers men who had enlisted
in the service of this government, to the great detriment of the present
expedition against the Indian enemy:
Whereupon it is ordered by this board, that the Hon. Major William Reed do issue
out his orders to such persons as he shall think fit, to apprehend and take the
said Thomas Cox and William Stafford, and carry them before the said Colonel
Mitchell and Colonel Mackey, to be punished as the laws in that case require.
Only in case they should be adjudged to death, it is hereby ordered that the
execution be suspended until further orders from this board; of which advice is
given to Colonel Mitchell and Colonel Mackey.
October 22, 1712.--Whereas it does appear to this board that there is likely to
be very great want of provisions to supply the wants of the army that is daily
expected from South Carolina, as well as for our own forces now in arms against
the Indians:
It is ordered by this board, that no grain be exported out of this government,
either by land or water, until further order from this board; and that all
officers concerned in the clearing of any vessels do have due regard to this
order.
November 5, 1712.-- Whereas we are now credibly informed that Colonel James
Moore may be daily expected in with the South Carolina forces:
It is hereby ordered that the Honorable the President, Thomas Pollock, do give
such instructions and make such agreements or treaties with the said Colonel
Moore or the Indians, in relation to carrying on this war, as he shall think
convenient, and enter into such other articles or agreements with Tom Blount, or
any other of the neighboring Indians, as he shall think proper.
January 9, 1712-13.--Upon examination of a Seneca Indian, taken by one of the
South Carolina Indians in their march hither, it does appear that the said
Indian was sent by the Senecas, pursuant to an order from the government of New
York, to caution the Tuscaroras against going to war with the English here; for
which reason it is thought fit that the said Indian be purchased from the South
Carolina Indian by the public, and sent back to his own nation': and therefore,
It is ordered and agreed, that the Honorable the President do purchase the said
Indian on behalf of the public, and take care that he be sent as aforesaid; and
that in consideration of the said president paying for the said Indian, and for
the trouble he has had with the rest of the Indians, he do have and take, to his
own use, three Tuscarora men and one Mattamuskeet, now in his custody.
January 9, 1712-13.--It appearing to this board that two Core Indians taken and
sent in hither from Virginia, are slaves belonging to one Mr. Drayton and one
Mr. Wright, inhabitants of South Carolina:
It is ordered, that the said Indians be delivered to Colonel James Moore, for
the use and on the behalf of the owners aforesaid.
January 12, 1712-13.--Whereas Colonel Edward Mosely was instructed by the
Assembly of this province to send an address from the said Assembly to the
Governor of Virginia, which said address has been carelessly lost or otherwise
embezzled by the said Mosely: whereupon it is ordered by this board, that the
provost marshal or his deputy do take the said Mosely into custody until he
shall give good security to appear before the next Assembly, to answer the
aforesaid neglect, and that in the mean while he be of his good behavior.
January 12, 1712-13.--It is ordered by this board, that the Honorable the
President do give such instructions as he shall think fit to Major Gale, who is
hereby appointed to wait on the Governor of Virginia, in order to concert such
measures as may be thought proper in the disposal of what moneys or other things
the government of Virginia has contributed toward carrying on the war against
the Indian enemy.
May 8, 1713.--It is ordered by this board, that the Honorable the President be
empowered of himself to negotiate any affair relating to the war, either with
Colonel Moore or any others, and to send into Virginia and order so much of the
money given to this government, by them to be laid out in provisions or other
necessaries, as he shall think fit.
At a council holden at the house of the Hon. Thomas Pollock, Esq., in Chowan, on
the 25th day of June, Anno Domini 1713: present, the Hon. Thomas Pollock, Esq.,
president, and
The Hon. Thomas Boyd, Esq., Lords
Proprietors' Deputies.
" " Nath. Chevin, Esq.,
" " Christopher Gale, Esq.,
" " T. Knight, Esq.,
The Honorable the President having reported to
this board that King Blount hath brought in and delivered up to him eight of our
enemy Indian men, and further signifying his intention of sending a vessel to
the West Indies, and that he is willing to buy said Indians, in order to send
them off in his said vessel, and be accountable to the public for the same:
Whereupon it is ordered and agreed by this board, that the Honorable the
President have and take the said eight Indian men to his own use, he paying and
allowing to the public the sum of ten pounds per Indian, with which he saith he
is content.
August 7, 1713.--Whereas complaint has been made to this board by Major James
Coles, that Thomas Bayley, Arthur Winchester, John Winslow, Joseph Fitch, John
Newby, Benjamin Munday, William Ellot, and Jonathan Sherwood, in a mutinous
manner did contemn and resist the lawful authority of this government, being
impressed on an expedition against the Indian enemy:
Wherefore it is ordered by this board, that the provost marshal or his deputy do
take the several persons above named into his custody, and them hold until they
give good security to appear at the next general court, to answer the said
complaint, and in the mean while to be of their good behavior.
August 7, 1713.--It is ordered by this board, that the Honorable the President
be fully empowered to treat with the Meherrin Indians, and to enter into such
articles or agreements with them, on behalf of this government, as he shall
think fit.
August 19, 1713.--Upon complaint made to this board by Daniel Gutheree,
deputy-marshal for the precinct of Pasquotank, that Robert Morgan, John Sawyer,
senior, John Sawyer, junior, Edward Williams, Richard Hastins, and Robert
Sawyer, did utterly refuse to pay the fine of five pounds due from them by act
of Assembly, for not going out in the Indian war; and, in contempt of the said
act, did, by force and arms, rescue and take from him, the said marshal, divers
goods, on which he had made distress for the same, pursuant to the said act:
Whereupon it is ordered by this board, that the provost marshal or his deputy do
forthwith take the several persons above named into his custody, and them hold
until they give good security for their appearance at the next general court, to
answer the said complaint, and that in the mean while they be of their good
behavior.
At a council, holden at the house of the Hon. Thomas Pollock, in Chowan, on
Saturday, the 23d of January, 1713-14: present, the Hon. Thomas Pollock, Esq.,
president, and
The Hon. Nath. Chevin, Esq., Lords
Proprietors' Deputies.
" " William Reed, Esq.,
" " J. Knight, Esq.,
Complaint being made to this board by King
Blount and divers of his great men, that the Meherrin Indians have taken two
Indian children belonging to the said Blount, and whose parents are at amity
with us, and do detain the same as slaves:
Wherefore it is resolved by this board, that the president do write to the said
Meherrin Indians, commanding them to deliver the said Indians, as they will
answer the contrary at their peril, and, upon refusal, that the president do
take such further measures as he shall think fit to compel them thereto.
April 7, 1714.--CaptainWilliam Hancock, having complained to this board that he,
having impressed and commanded John Tanyhill, William Hutson, Francis Hill,
Edmund Pearce, Thomas Jones, George Moy, John Human, John Slocumb, Thomas
Masters, John Shearrel, Christopher Miller, to march out with him against the
Indian enemy, they utterly refused to obey his command, in contempt of the
authority of this government:
Therefore it is ordered by this board, that the provost marshal of the county of
Bath do take the several persons above named into his custody, until they give
good security for their appearance at the next general court, to answer the said
complaint.
April 14, 1713.--It is ordered by this board, that if, for the future, any
Indians shall be sent in to the Honorable the President, for any crimes of
misdemeanors, the said president is hereby fully empowered to inflict such
immediate punishment on them as he shall think the crime requires, or as might
or could be done if the council were there present.
Entry above from History of North Carolina:
With Maps and Illustrations. Volume: 2. Contributors: Francis L. Hawks -
author. Publisher: E.J. Hale & Son. Place of Publication: Fayetteville, NC.
Publication Year: 1858. (pp 396-401)
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