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hig the cou'titry, as he had done, without permission; 

 And what was the moaning of these discourses aboui; 

 mines." 



The Gkrvernor stated to the board, February 2^5, 1707, 

 tfiat the above was the substance of his talk with him, 

 and that Mitchel repUed, " He had been employed by 

 divers of his country men, who were in treaty with tiie 

 crown and proprietor for land heye for a convenient tract 

 to. settle a colony* of their people on, to come over and 

 search for such a place as. might best suit them, and 

 upon this head, he was large m giving an account of tlia 

 design." 



The Governor further stated that he asked " How he 

 durst presume to range this country, on any such design, 

 without applying first to him; to which he answered, 

 tliat he would have done it, but tliat he lost liis creden-. 

 tials, and expected others over.'' 



The Governor also added, "that he had some notion^;. 

 of mines, and had his thoughts much bent that way, that . 

 he was willing to let him proceed, and had not dis- . 

 Gouraged him ; that he had advised him to take some of. 

 the Indians with him ; that of the persons before rnen- 

 tioned, he had ordered two that he couW confide in to be . 

 there, that he might have a full account of their proceed-.. 

 ings; but that he knew nothing that so many had, 

 gone out, nor could thnik it was fit to be suffered." 



The council agreed that none except those who had; 

 license to da so, should remain among the Indians on the 

 forks of the Potomac ; and thus the matter ended. 



This was a critical juncture to the pravincials, ta. 

 Governor Evans, and to the proprietary. The unsettled . 

 state of Indian affairs, perplexed the people; the execu-. 



♦This colony settled in 1710, in North Carplina, at a plae® 

 which they subsequently called Nqw Bern. . 



