[621] Chalmers, _op. cit._, in Carroll, _op. cit._, ii, p. 314. This special letter of the proprietors was called forth by Captain Godfrey’s treatment of the Indians, and by the opinions of private individuals expressed in letters to them. The proprietors had already struck a blow at the council by giving the parliament a right to punish members of the council for misbehavior. The council had complained of this to the proprietors, who in turn asserted that the Indian dealers (members of the council) feared lest the parliament have too much power over them. Archdale, _A New Description_, etc., in Carroll, _op. cit._, ii. p. 100. [622] _Calendar of State Papers_, colonial series, xi, pp. 508–510. [623] _Calendar of State Papers_, colonial series, xi, pp. 508–510. [624] Archdale, _op. cit._, in Carroll, _op. cit._, ii, p. 107; Hewat, _op. cit._, i, p. 78; _Calendar of State Papers_, colonial series, xi, p. 508; _Public Records of South Carolina_, i, 1663–1684, p 266; _B. P. R. O._, _Colonial Entry Book_, xxii, p. 20. _The Journal of the English Board of Trade_, vol. xi, p. 174, under the date August 19, 1698, and the marginal heading _American Indian Slaves_, contains the following direction to the governor of Bermudas: “And upon observation made that it is commonly said there are many Americans at Bermuda kept as slaves; ordered, that the governor be required to give an account, what number there are of them, from whence they are bought and by whom imported.” The governor’s reply was a mere tabulation of slaves, with a statement of their sex and the locality in which they resided, without any special reference to Indian slaves. No further reference was made to the matter by the Board of Trade. [625] Rivers, _op. cit._, appendix, p. 456. [626] O’Gorman, _A History of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States_, p. 39. [627] Rivers, _op. cit._, appendix, p. 456; _North Carolina Colonial Records_, ii, p. 904. The complaint read: “ruined trade in skins and furs (whereby we held our chief correspondence with England) and turned it into a trade of Indians or slave making, whereby the Indians to the south and west of us are already involved in blood and confusion, a trade so odious and abominable, that every colony in America (although they have equal temptation) abhor to follow.” [628] Logan, _op. cit._, i, p. 172. [629] _State of the British and French Colonies in North America_, p. 25. [630] _New England Historical and Genealogical Register_, 1859, xiii, p. 300. [631] Thomas, _op. cit._, ii, pp. 95–100; _Journal of the Board of Trade, British Public Record Office_, Co. 391. 25 R., xvii. p. 168.