Haveing received from some of the principall Sachems of the Narrogansett Indians, a submission, and a surrender of themselves, their subjects and their lands, to the protection. Government and dispose of our dread Sovreign the King of Great Brittain, France and Ireland, as well by their personal acknowledgements and laying down their arms, as at his Majesties feet, and sending his Majesty some presents, as also by giveing us a Deed, dated April 19th, 1644, wherein they and all the other chief Sachems of that country, did then submitt, subject and give over themselves to his late Majesty of blessed memory, and by presenting to us severall Petitions and declarations, containing many injuries, which (they say) they have received from severall of his Majesties English subjects, against whom they desire justice from us, Wee his Majesties Commissioners have received them into his Majesties protection, and do in his Majesties name, order, appoint and command, that the said country from hence forward be called the Kings Province, and that no person of what Colony soever presume to exercise any jurisdiction within this the Kings Province, but such as receive authority from us under our hands and seals, untill his Majesties pleasure be further known: and we also declare that this the Kings Province doth extend to Pawkatuck River westward, and a north line drawn to the Massachusetts from the midst of the mouth thereof.

And whereas Major Atherton, and others of his Majesties Colony of the Massachusetts, pretend a mortgage of a great part of the said country, we order and appoint, that whenever either of the Sachems, known by the name Pessicus or Nenecraft, or any authorized by them, do pay unto any one of the persons laying claime to the same mortgage, the sum of seven hundred thirty-five Fathoms of Peage, the said mortgage shall be void, and whatever is thereupon pretended to by them. And whereas there is also two purchases pretended to, of two great tracts of land, by the same Major Atherton, Capt. Hudson and others of his Majesties Colony of Massachusetts, bought of Cachanaquaud, in the Narrogansett country, in the year 1659, in which Deed there is no mention of any consideration, and that it appears the said pretending purchasers know that the said country was submitted to his Majestie, as well by witnesses as by the said submission, being eighteen years ago printed. Wee his Majesties commissioners haveing heared the whole business, do declare the said purchases to be void, and order and command that the purchasers shall quitt, and go off the said pretended purchased land, and shall not keep any cattle of any sort upon the said land by pretence of the said purchase, after the feast of St. Michael next; if within that time, either of the Sachems above named, or any authorized by them, do pay unto any one of the said purchasers the summ of three hundred Fathom of Peage, which is the only sum acknowledged to be received by the said Cachanaquaud—Given under our hands and seals at Petaquamskuck the 20th March, 1664,

ROBERT CARR,

GEORGE CARTWRIGHT,

SAMUEL MAVERICK.