in Assateagues' settlements. Treaty of 1722 In 1722, a peace treaty was signed between the then-leader of the Assateagues, Knosulm (also known as M. Walker); the "King of the Pocomokes", Wassounge (also known as Daniel); and Charles Calvert, the governor of Maryland. This treaty was to last to the "worlds end," and hostilities and damages from former acts would be "buried in perpetual oblivion," with further terms as follows: Any Indian who killed a colonist was to be brought to the governor as a prisoner. Because the colonists claimed to be unable to distinguish one Indian from another, no Indian was to enter a colonial settlement with his face painted or carrying a weapon, or even to approach a settlement without laying down his weapons or calling out to identify himself. The punishment for a colonist killing an Indian that came un-painted, called out, and laid down his arms was death. If an Indian and a colonists met accidentally in the woods, the former had to immediately lay down his weapons: if he did not, he would considered hostile. The privilege of crabbing, fowling, hunting and fishing would be granted to each Indian individually by the colonial government. Any Indian that killed or stole a hog, calf or other domestic animal, or stole any other goods would be punished the same way that a colonist would. Slaves and indentured servants who ran away from their masters and took shelter in Assateague territory were to be returned to the nearest colonial settlement for a reward. The Indians were not to sign any new peace treaties with an enemy of the governor, nor make war without his consent. If the Assateagues and Pocomokes killed any Indian subject to the governor's protection, it would be considered as great an offense as killing a colonist. Foreign Indians coming into the area were to be reported immediately to a prominent colonist or colonial official. For the expected protection the Indians were to receive from the governor, the Assateagues and Pocomokes were to deliver unto the Proprietor of Maryland two bows and two dozen arrows yearly on 10 October. Askiminokonson As part of an attempt by the colonial authorities of Maryland to confine the local Indian population, several peninsular tribes (including the Assateague and Pocomoke from the Atlantic side, the Annamessex and Manokin from the Chesapeake Bay side, and the Nassawaddox from further south), were gathered