s were offered
the Indians for apprehending them. A negro slave was valued at four
thousand five hundred pounds of tobacco; an Indian slave at three
thousand pounds of tobacco.
FOOTNOTES:
[263:A] Hening, ii. 188.
[263:B] Ibid., ii. 204.
[263:C] Beverley, B. i. 61.
[264:A] Evelyn's Diary, i. 391.
[265:A] Beverley, B. i. 63.
[266:A] Pepys' Diary, ii.
[266:B] Diary, ii. 17.
[266:C] The commissioners appointed to treat with Maryland and Carolina
on this subject were, of the council, Thomas Ludwell, Esq., secretary of
Virginia, Major-General Robert Smith, and Major-General Richard Bennet;
and of the burgesses, Robert Wynne, speaker, Colonel Nich. Spencer,
Captain Daniel Parke, Captain Joseph Bridger, Captain Peter Jennings,
and Mr. Thomas Ballard.
[268:A] The tributary Indians of Virginia at this period were, in
Bowmen, or Hunters.
Nansemond County 45
Surrey County { Powchay-icks 30
{ Weyenoakes 15
{ Men Heyricks 50
Charles City County { Nottoways, two towns 90
{ Appamattox 50
Henrico County { Manachees 30
{ Powhites 10
{ Pamunkeys 50
{ Chickahominies 60
New Kent County { Mattaponeys 20
{ Rappahannocks 30
{ Totas-Chees 40
Gloucester Chiskoyackes 15
{ Portobaccoes 60
Rappahanock { Nanzcattico }
{ Mattehatique } 50
Northumberland Co. Wickacomico 70
Westmoreland County Appomattox 10
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Total 725
[269:A] Beverley, B. i. 64.
[269:B] P. W. Leland, in Hist. Mag., iii. 41.
[269:C] Jefferson's Notes on Virginia, 97; Hening, ii. 274.
[270:A] Writings of Jefferson, i. 405.
[270:B] Hening, ii. 289.
CHAPTER XXX.
1670-1671.
Governor Berkley's Reply to Inquiries of the Lords Commissioners
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