Pamlico in North Carolina Ss Feby 29th: 1703/4
That wee have great reason to beleve that the neighbouring towns of the Tuscororah Indians are of late dissatisfied with the Inhabitants of this place and severall actions and discorses of the b^e^are river Indians and more than ordinary familiarity of Late that is between them and the Tuscorodos: Induses us to beleve that they are indevouring to prswade them that the English here designs a war against them, the which occations us to beleve ^doubt^ that if yor Honrs dus not speedily take some care in the matter; wee may receive sum prejudice from them the which wee suppose might bee prvented and that sum of the Chiefs of the Indians would cum in to yer Honrs if you would Spedily please to send a good Interpreter hre with ordrs. what to doe and such of us as yer Honrs: shall appoynt are ready to goe with such an Interpreter wee pray yer Honrs will take Sum Speedy Care in the prmisses for our preservation as to yer wisdoms shall seem meet and remaine
yer Hum Sertts
Lyonell Reading
Richard Smith
Nicholas Tylor
Tho Dereham
Levi Truewhitt—
Wm: Brice
Hum: Legge
Wm. W Powell
Edward GE Gatlin
Tho Peirce
Mr. Reding sayes that the Indians of late are more impudent in killing there creatures than formerly and openly bragg of it—
Mr. Birkenhead sayes the like—