The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly

JULY 18, 1760717we cannot have the least doubt but that they would readily join with anyEnemy that might invade this Province, either by Land or by Sea: But ourgreatest apprehension of danger from them proceeds from that free Intercoursewhich they have had, and still unavoidably must have with our Slaveswhom they may stir up to Insurrection and Rebellion: And as many of theseAcadians have been employed as Fishermen and consequently must be acquaintedwith our Coast and the Depth of our Rivers, and all of them arebut too well acquainted with our defenceless Situation, it would be too hazardousan Expedient to send them to any Part of the French Dominions:Therefore as we conceive it is absolutely necessary for the Safety of thisColony that these People be sent away; we humbly and most earnestly requestyour Honour to give immediate Orders for sending all the Acadians now inthis Province to Great-Britain by the first Opportunity, that we may be relievedfrom the Dangers to which the Province is exposed by their beingamong us: And we have resolved to provide for defraying whatever Expenceshall be incurred thereby.Ordered, That the Address be presented to his Honour by Mr. Pinckneyand Mr. Laurens.Mr. Wragg reported from the Committee who were appointed to attendthe Lieutenant Governor to know what Presents his Honour may think necessaryto be provided by this Province to be given to the Creek Indians nowon their Way to visit his Honour, that they had attended the Lieutenant Governoraccordingly, and having conferred with his Honour upon that Subject,had directed him to report their Opinion thereupon to the House, and heread the Report in his Place and afterward delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table:Where the same was read, and is as follows, vizt.That they have conferred with the Lieutenant Governor upon the SubjectMatter that was given them in Charge, and being of Opinion that it ishighly proper at the present time not to give them any disgust by their notbeing gratified in any reasonable expectation of Presents and that their treatmentduring their stay at Dorchester shou’d be something better than whatis generally allowed to Indians, recommend that a Sum not exceeding £700be provided as an auxiliary Fund to The King’s Presents to be distributedand laid out for the said Indians at the direction of his Honour the LieutenantGovernor.The said Report being read a second time, was agreed to by the House.Ordered, That an Answer be prepared to the said Message.The Order of the Day being read.The “Bill impowering the Persons therein named to receive in Great-Britain on behalf of the Province of South-Carolina the Sum of Moneytherein mentioned,” was read a Third time.