The Cecil Whig., 1879-06-14

Everitt acts Cowardly-Acts for the Encourage
ment of Tanners-The Senecas Commit Dep
relations They Murder some Men and
take two Boys capttve-Treaty with
the Delaware Bay Inliars-Cap-
ture of Seneca-An Inter
estng Letter-Extent of
Baltimore County.
Corn w;tS very scarce in l66l and it is
worthy of remark that William HollingS-
worth, who helped arrest the Indians in
New Castle, who had murdered the English
men on Iron Hill, though licensed by the
Council of Maryland to trade with the In
dianS, was prohibited from exporting any
corn he might obtain from them. The peti-
ton OF one Hannah Lee, ~iidg, states that
she had been granted the privilege of keep
ing ordinary at ST. Mary'S during the >eS-
sion of the General Assembly, but had no
corn to maintain h T. said promise, and Graves
To he allowed to trade with the Indians
| She was licensed Ia trade with the Indians
for corn only. The next meeting of the
Council held ut ST. Mary'> on the 18th
of October, 1861. At this meeting the case
of Capt. John O,lhcr WAS taken into conSid-
eration and he was required TO givc an ac
count of his expedition TO the SuSquchan-
naughs' fort. The Council asked him why
he came down without orders from the Gov
ernor. To which he replied that the s'uSqlr-
| hannaugh$ came to him and told him that
they could not compel their men to furnish
the soldiers with provisions according to
treaty Stipulation>, and had advised him to
transport his troops and ammunition down
| by water This seems to he what he meant
| to say, but the scribe who made the record
used such obscure language, that it is by no
means certain what the Captain did say,
and there j. reason to think that the Indians
offered to assist him in transporting his men
and arms to the settlements some distance
| down the bay. There is reason to think that
the Captain may have been troubled with
cowar,lice or conscientious scruplcS, and
that he purpoSely myStiied his narrative 10
| conceal his cowardice. His story was by no
means satisfactory to the Council, and they
required him to give written account of
al
on the 9th Of the ensuing November, at
| which time Jacob ClawSon, Francis Stock
| eft and Samuel Palmer, who lived at the
| head Of the bay, We're to be summoned to
| give information. John Everitt was also
| before the Council ut this meeting to answer
| ior his contempt III running from his colors
| He pleaded that he could not bear arms
against the Indians for conscience sake.
| He was committed to custody till the meet
ing in November, at whcl, time he WAS to
! he tried by court-martal. Captain John
| Ccllier, who had impressed Everitt. was
summoned to testify i'll the case. Captain
Odbrr probably made good his escape from
| the colony before the meeting l.. November,
| for when he was called at that meeting. he
| appeared Hut. This is the last time his
name appears in the record. After the case
| of Odber was disposed of at the November
| meeting, thai of Evcritt was taken up, and
it was ordered that he he tried al the next
| provincial court for running from his col
| or>, and, in the interim, be committed into
| the sheritf'S hands, and that the sheriff i'm
! Dannel Il jury against that time, and i'll the
meantime the said Evcritt waS to be kept
| in chains and bake his orH b,e"d.' The rec
ortls of the provincial court are not cNtant,
consequently the result Of the trial is I'M
| known.
| The records of the province for the year
| 1862 show that the Indians still contin-
ucd to be troublesome. But notwithStand
| ~, lara 70 ~
turned their attention to the development
| OF the resources of the colony. This year
| the Council passed Il law for the encourage
ment of tanners of leather, i'll which the
| expectation of hides WAS prohibited under
severe penalties. The MarylandcrS and Sus
| uuehannaugilS were at peace with each other
| at this ti!lr, but the former We're at war
| with the ScnecaS, WHO now begun to make
raids upon the few scattered settlements of
the English along the western tributaries of
| the Chesapeake bay. In the Spring of this
| wear they penetrated Us far south aS the
| head of South river, which appears 10 have
| alarmed the Council very much, Inr they
ordered all the powder and shot i'll the col
ony TO be seized for the Use of the country,
| and that scouts b. sent To the heads of all
the rivers and the head of the bay, with
orders 10 arrest or kill I'LL Indians found
| there The Governor of New -\mStcl was
| informed of what had been done, and was
| requested to inform the P:>slgonke and
| Delaware Bay Indians, with the former of
| which tribes the reader will recollect the
| Maryan,lerS had made Il treaty of friend
ship the year before. The troubles with the
SeneraS continued to grow worse and worse,
| and on July 4th, l6G:;, the Council We're i'll
| formed by letters sent from the inhabitants
of Baltimore county, III the head of the bay,
that the Indians had recently murdered two
| of the inhabitants III the head OF the bay,
and one other in ratapSco river with TWO
youths also, which the Indians had either
carried away or killed.
In the August following, the Council met
at Gol,lSmitll'S Hall, which is believed to
| have been on Bush river, and gave inStruc-
| tions to Samuel Goldsmith TO notify the SuS-
| qlehannaugh> to come down and treat with
tn" commissioners OF Baltimore county. 1t
is evident from the instructions given to
articles of the proposed treaty and had au-
| thoriZed the commissioners to have the
treaty executed and signed by the Indians.
At this time the Su#quehannaughS though
until recently upon peacc:lble terms with
| til English seem to have been intinidatcd
b. the Seneca>, and, from what follows,
| it seems that no treaty was made 1T this
time with them. But in August, 1868,
| Governor Charles Calvert, attended by three
| OF his councillors. made Il treaty with three
| lings of the Delaware BAY Indians at New
| .\mStrl. The Indian kings We're represented
| by their Observation-Disclosures Chehoock
and Ticlecoon. This treaty was very SINH
lar to thrt made with III" Passagonkc IN
dianS at .Appoiuinimi (now Appoquni-
mink the year before, except that the In
dianS agreed when they had occasion to
visit any EngliShnan's house, that they
VOL Il a Il wn their arms and cause some
white thing to he held out before they ap-
preached the said house. 1t was also stipu-
lated that the Indians would inN 10 Il IL o..
re these same articles iowa ii the Dutch
in Delaware bay: from which it is plain that
the English no Longer regarded the Dutch
and Swedish settlers Il, Il band of murder
rrs, pirates and robbers. Probably the
h,S. lie jururSi,liS of In. -. had ISt