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NARRATIVE OF COL. DARNALL. 339
which Cood and his party came to attack, and which Coll Digges, (his men not being
willing to fight) was forced to surrender; wherein were the records of the whole Province
which Cood and his party seized. In this while Majr Sewall and myself went up Patuxent River to raise men to oppose said Cood and his party, where wee found most of the
officers ready to come in to us, but their men were possessed with a beleef that Cood rose
onely to preserve the Country from the Indians and Papists, and to proclaim the King
and Queen, and would doe them noe harm, and therefore, would not stir to run themselves
int6 danger, soe that all the men wee could get amounted not to one hundred and sixty,
and by this time Cood's party was encreased to seaven hundred. The Councill seeing how
the people were led away by false reports and shams, in order to quiet them and give
them all imaginable assurance they were clear and innocent of inviting the Indians down
as was laid to their charge* offered to make Coll. Jowles (who was the chief of their party
next to Cood) general of all the forces in the Province, and sent such an offer to him, who
returned a very civill answere, that haveing communicated what we wrote to his own men
he had with him, they were extreamly satisfied therewith, and gave us hopes he would
come down to us, but to the contrary, he went and joyned Cood at St. Mary's, to whom
and to all, then in Armes there, the Councill sent a Proclamation of pardon, upon condition they would lay down their Armes and repair to their respective Habitations, the
which Cood (as we were credibly informed), instead of reading to the people what was
therein contained, read a defyance from us, thereby to enrage, and not to pacify them.
Cood and his party haveing thus made themselves Masters of the State House and the
Records at St. Mary's,-borrowed some great gunns of one Cap* Burnham, Master of a
ship belonging to London, and came to attack Mattapany House, the which when he
came before, he sent a Trumpeter and demanded a surrender. We desired a parlay and
personall treaty in the hearing of the people, which Cood would never consent to. We
know if we could but obtain that in the hearing of the people, we should be able to
disabuse them and clear our selves of what they were made beleeve against us, but this
we 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 Neighbor Indians had cut up their Corn and were
gone from their Towne, and that there was an Englishman found with his belly ript
open, which,'in truth, was noe such thing, as they themselves owned, after Matapany
House was surrendered. We being in this condition and noe hopes left of quieting or
repelling the People thus enraged, to prevent Effusion of blood, capitulated and surrendered. After the surrender of the said House His Lordship's Councill endeavored to send
an account of these transactions, by one Johnson, Master of a Ship bound for London,
to his Lordship, the which the said Johnson delivered to Cood. When we found we
could send noe Letters, Majr Sewall and myself desired of Johnson we might have a
passage in him for England, to give his Lordship account of matters by word of mouth,
which the said Johnson refused, upon pretended orders to the contrary from Cood,
whereupon Majr Sewall and my self went to Pensylvania, to endeavor to get a passage
there, upon which Cood and his party took occasion to give out we were gone to bring
in the Northern Indians, but we missing of a passage there, came back and stay'd in Ann
Arundell County (who never had joyned with Cood and his party) untill the 26th of
September, when (Majr Sewall then being sick) I myself got a passage hither in the
Everard. As to their proceedings in their Assembly I can give no account, only that
they have taken severall prisoners.
"HENRY DARNALL.1
"London, December 31st, 1689."
1 London Public Record Office, America and West Indies, Nc. 556; 13. D., p. 16.
Object Description
| 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 |
Description
| Title | 00000366 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | NARRATIVE OF COL. DARNALL. 339 which Cood and his party came to attack, and which Coll Digges, (his men not being willing to fight) was forced to surrender; wherein were the records of the whole Province which Cood and his party seized. In this while Majr Sewall and myself went up Patuxent River to raise men to oppose said Cood and his party, where wee found most of the officers ready to come in to us, but their men were possessed with a beleef that Cood rose onely to preserve the Country from the Indians and Papists, and to proclaim the King and Queen, and would doe them noe harm, and therefore, would not stir to run themselves int6 danger, soe that all the men wee could get amounted not to one hundred and sixty, and by this time Cood's party was encreased to seaven hundred. The Councill seeing how the people were led away by false reports and shams, in order to quiet them and give them all imaginable assurance they were clear and innocent of inviting the Indians down as was laid to their charge* offered to make Coll. Jowles (who was the chief of their party next to Cood) general of all the forces in the Province, and sent such an offer to him, who returned a very civill answere, that haveing communicated what we wrote to his own men he had with him, they were extreamly satisfied therewith, and gave us hopes he would come down to us, but to the contrary, he went and joyned Cood at St. Mary's, to whom and to all, then in Armes there, the Councill sent a Proclamation of pardon, upon condition they would lay down their Armes and repair to their respective Habitations, the which Cood (as we were credibly informed), instead of reading to the people what was therein contained, read a defyance from us, thereby to enrage, and not to pacify them. Cood and his party haveing thus made themselves Masters of the State House and the Records at St. Mary's,-borrowed some great gunns of one Cap* Burnham, Master of a ship belonging to London, and came to attack Mattapany House, the which when he came before, he sent a Trumpeter and demanded a surrender. We desired a parlay and personall treaty in the hearing of the people, which Cood would never consent to. We know if we could but obtain that in the hearing of the people, we should be able to disabuse them and clear our selves of what they were made beleeve against us, but this we 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 Neighbor Indians had cut up their Corn and were gone from their Towne, and that there was an Englishman found with his belly ript open, which,'in truth, was noe such thing, as they themselves owned, after Matapany House was surrendered. We being in this condition and noe hopes left of quieting or repelling the People thus enraged, to prevent Effusion of blood, capitulated and surrendered. After the surrender of the said House His Lordship's Councill endeavored to send an account of these transactions, by one Johnson, Master of a Ship bound for London, to his Lordship, the which the said Johnson delivered to Cood. When we found we could send noe Letters, Majr Sewall and myself desired of Johnson we might have a passage in him for England, to give his Lordship account of matters by word of mouth, which the said Johnson refused, upon pretended orders to the contrary from Cood, whereupon Majr Sewall and my self went to Pensylvania, to endeavor to get a passage there, upon which Cood and his party took occasion to give out we were gone to bring in the Northern Indians, but we missing of a passage there, came back and stay'd in Ann Arundell County (who never had joyned with Cood and his party) untill the 26th of September, when (Majr Sewall then being sick) I myself got a passage hither in the Everard. As to their proceedings in their Assembly I can give no account, only that they have taken severall prisoners. "HENRY DARNALL.1 "London, December 31st, 1689." 1 London Public Record Office, America and West Indies, Nc. 556; 13. D., p. 16. |
