The fact that that body sat in June, 1676, and in the same month instructed the Virginia delegates to propose independence of England, has been a theme of much discussion among historians.
Bacon, at the head of his army, duly commissioned, was marching against the Indians.

All things in Virginia were virtually under his control as commander of the military.

Mr.Lawrence and Mr.Drummond, ex-governor of Carolinia, though they were his friends, remained in Jamestown to look after his interests there.

Drummond declared he was "in over-shoes, and he would be over-boots." Had Bacon been uninterrupted, there can be no doubt that his power on the Indians would have been felt; but Berkeley began to relent that he had ever commissioned him, and issued a proclamation declaring him a rebel and revoking his commission.

The news was brought to Bacon while on the upper waters, by Lawrence and Drummond.