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May 31, 1705
Robert Carter Esq., present Upon the Petition of the Nansiatico Indians now in Prison praying that their Cloaths and other goods in the custody of several Persons in Richmond County may be delivered to them, they being willing that all debts due by them should be first satisfied out of ye same; It is the opinion of the Council that the said Indians ought to have their said goods. And ordered that such goods as shal be remitted hither before the transportation of ye said Indians, be delivered to them. . . . Ordered that the Surveyor of Surry County be, and he is hereby directed with all convenient speed to lay out and Survey the several tracts of Land appropriated for the use of the Nattoway Indians pursuant to the Act of Assembly passed this last Session Entitled and Act concerning the Nansiatico and other Indians but if any dispute should arise between the said Surveyor and the Surveyor of Prince George's County, in which of their precincts the said Land ly, then ye Surveyor of Surry County isnot to proceed in layout out the said Land untill he receive further directions from this Board.
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