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316 HISTORY OF MARYLAND.
possessed with " the belief that Coode rose only to preserve the country from
the Indians and Papists, and to proclaim the king and queen," and that he
" would do them no harm; and, therefore, they would not stir to run themselves into danger." Most of the officers were willing to join the provincial
forces; but they only succeeded in securing one hundred and sixty privates,
while Coode's forces now numbered over seven hundred. The council determined to hold Mattapany,1 and, believing that the people were enticed away
" by false reports and shams, in order to quiet them and give them all imaginable assurance that they were clear and innocent of inviting the Indians down,
as was laid to their charge, offered to make Colonel Jowles (who was the
chief of their party next to Coode) general of all the forces in the province,
and sent such an offer to him." Colonel Jowles, however, returned " a very
civil answer," and laid the council's communication before his men, who
•" were extremely satisfied therewith," and gave hopes that he would accept
the proposition. He, however, decided not to accept the proffered position,
but marched with his entire forces to join Coode at the city of St. Mary's.
The president and council also issued their proclamation, granting a free
pardon to all who Avere then in arms, provided they would lay down the same
.and retire in peaceful order to their respective habitations. Coode prohibited
the proclamation to be read in the presence of his army, but read his "Declaration" and "a defiance," purporting to have come from the council,
•"thereby to enrage and not to pacify them."
While Coode was in possession of St. Mary's city, he forbade any vessel
to leave the port, for fear of conveying intelligence of his movements, until
his plans were consummated. Having decided to complete the overthrow of
the proprietary government, Coode "borrowed some great guns of one
Captain Burnham, master of a ship belonging to London," and marched for
Patuxent. When he arrived within a short distance of Mattapany house,
he sent forward a trumpet and commanded the garrison to surrender;
upon which the president and council, who were in the fort, requested
"a parley and personal treaty in the hearing of the people," which Coode
would not consent to. Colonel Darnall, in a letter to Lord Baltimore,
says:
" We knew if we could but obtain that in the hearing the people, we should be able
to disabuse them and clear ourselves of what they were made believe against us; but this
wTe could never get at their hands, but to the contrary they used all possible meanes to
keep the people ignorant of what we proposed or offered, and made use of such artifices as
the following, to exasperate them. They caused a man to come rideing post with a letter,
wherein was contained that our neighbour Indians had cut up their corn and were gone
1 This garrison was located on the south side one of his Lordship's councillors. The man-
of Patuxent, about two miles above its mouth. sion, during Lord Charles Baltimore's residence,
It was originally the Indian town of the Matta- was the government house of the province,
panients, one of the most friendly Maryland and on one occasion the assembly met there,
tribes; afterwards it served as the store-house of At this period (1689), there was also a fort and
the Jesuit missionaries, and subsequently be- a magazine,
came the property of the Hon. Henry Sewell,
| Title | History of Maryland - 1 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000343 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 316 HISTORY OF MARYLAND. possessed with " the belief that Coode rose only to preserve the country from the Indians and Papists, and to proclaim the king and queen," and that he " would do them no harm; and, therefore, they would not stir to run themselves into danger." Most of the officers were willing to join the provincial forces; but they only succeeded in securing one hundred and sixty privates, while Coode's forces now numbered over seven hundred. The council determined to hold Mattapany,1 and, believing that the people were enticed away " by false reports and shams, in order to quiet them and give them all imaginable assurance that they were clear and innocent of inviting the Indians down, as was laid to their charge, offered to make Colonel Jowles (who was the chief of their party next to Coode) general of all the forces in the province, and sent such an offer to him." Colonel Jowles, however, returned " a very civil answer," and laid the council's communication before his men, who •" were extremely satisfied therewith," and gave hopes that he would accept the proposition. He, however, decided not to accept the proffered position, but marched with his entire forces to join Coode at the city of St. Mary's. The president and council also issued their proclamation, granting a free pardon to all who Avere then in arms, provided they would lay down the same .and retire in peaceful order to their respective habitations. Coode prohibited the proclamation to be read in the presence of his army, but read his "Declaration" and "a defiance," purporting to have come from the council, •"thereby to enrage and not to pacify them." While Coode was in possession of St. Mary's city, he forbade any vessel to leave the port, for fear of conveying intelligence of his movements, until his plans were consummated. Having decided to complete the overthrow of the proprietary government, Coode "borrowed some great guns of one Captain Burnham, master of a ship belonging to London," and marched for Patuxent. When he arrived within a short distance of Mattapany house, he sent forward a trumpet and commanded the garrison to surrender; upon which the president and council, who were in the fort, requested "a parley and personal treaty in the hearing of the people," which Coode would not consent to. Colonel Darnall, in a letter to Lord Baltimore, says: " We knew if we could but obtain that in the hearing the people, we should be able to disabuse them and clear ourselves of what they were made believe against us; but this wTe could never get at their hands, but to the contrary they used all possible meanes to keep the people ignorant of what we proposed or offered, and made use of such artifices as the following, to exasperate them. They caused a man to come rideing post with a letter, wherein was contained that our neighbour Indians had cut up their corn and were gone 1 This garrison was located on the south side one of his Lordship's councillors. The man- of Patuxent, about two miles above its mouth. sion, during Lord Charles Baltimore's residence, It was originally the Indian town of the Matta- was the government house of the province, panients, one of the most friendly Maryland and on one occasion the assembly met there, tribes; afterwards it served as the store-house of At this period (1689), there was also a fort and the Jesuit missionaries, and subsequently be- a magazine, came the property of the Hon. Henry Sewell, |
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