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g Creek. This region, lying east Of the railros
t.:n u IL, ~ " a.al1 nsea.fa. S' No. ~ to.n ~
ta1n u AL ita sesooIeeo coonaes on9 'oHn
n more than three hundred people. 1t VIE
= A'el watered that vessels could sail up
3 ey, IT p1auter's door, and, although repeat.
: | eno -ts were mado to compel town by speei
Il enaet "ent supported ~ 's4.r, ts1ute !"
i the re- 'u1t in every case except "iliansbuF
: The es. y VHginians were without sdventur
II u.a Fl ree-ou.1te1s Of = century sfter Jane
, to"ns no 'aeaen1 ueao'o "AAAo f1b1n4a
crossed thA Hlue h1dee-
About two Of the old towns in Eastern vi
, ! ginis Teed. md Dumfries, citizen OF Free
e;a,.,t.s..s ~. >;na;1 ma sorna minis.
1.-THE nearest to"n 70 gtona b1Eth
Rlsee 40" GILL a1 ohn Wa.binetnn s1a,, c4' ~ ~
ehn,eS shn % bsa ~ ner;s ,ed. Thia church stood q,
the RappshannoeA, at the outskirta OF th
place czllsd Leeds. It vas Of brick. Th
ruins OF i arc yet to oe seen, epparantly hang
lngoVef tne oan1ot q otses. 1tnas unaefGon'
my cnenseh as,sa " - or.f;, ana'e I ~ w@s @ ae
setssu ~ = oeo " "oouP, aAs1ng Dee1
usea q rtstn, t ~. sA ~ d;T. ~ oan, anu oeel
,shat !; - ~ ~ - h.an ss n; eoG pusPoses K
1."a wuea - y nnts nxs Gpea ~ app - eae vas once
p;tia ptaSa T.. aoua IL 1os 49, = tHB!nlA- u #af
To9t1sss Maa3;ana naeu, e1cae1 ~ ane F4rta3es q
| Waaai uaSninsto alter Ihe W%H u Leeds, II
asstla1 au,aSMe' nsH1 "n1en potn OF then
/ anGeeaM 1AlAulas Ase1- 1Ms IN VIZ
gina Tas place Of much trade in
lopaeco a1o oshef Things: Its shipping was
| Vely conslaeia6le At enc time, and 1t gave the
promise OF 1eing . Town or no small impor-
/ tAnce, ou1, IKE many other such p1acea in
Mvngmia, - ;! pumi7as, Goicnester, Warren,
s,a;taa 'S94l, ~ 1suSa 70 iulnl mo expectations
iHas.eo. is.i FOR one tnmF y deserves to retain
nnel8 plsee n me HISTORY q The Amezscan
i@ss'. 1o.1 1 ~ a.1'sd ~ ~ ~ Northe5n, 20
| Iros5 Is 10y p eAusa too -Soatne&n cradle Of
vii, Rch.r'1 1eru9as Hantp ams t,a " me place.
tha n.tr;ot. ~ Wostea;. noe t. sen ic@oes, Nhefe
r.. ~ ~ e9:Gr tne1r pIotest against
ti,;o 1I.a ~ eihaps th " c184sn uealPAn: At
~ ptase ~ aey tesove 70 oppose tne stamp
al ~ ~ sa.nan a.1um ea'10n !" ~essofeaano 10
About hfte1n miles above Fredericksburg il
a plsee set down on the map as Aqua, which,
| it seems. vas never anything but m old royal
! CHURCH. tof han century deserted md aayB
my collaborator:
IT vas melancholy sight to behold tho va-
5sss haon 411e sis nunso, WHICH, II ether
and "a
trees and bushes, The lmbs Of ths rrocn ~. ~.
dats not only casting their ahadows but teat-
ing their arms on the aingy walls and thrust
~ 1nan ~, ~ .ae oloaen "1aao@a mus
whole scene. Tbo s,arS n,tb~.v ~. 6!oot H. ~ w
Inanding eminence on which II stood was
filled with young trees, while tho aruaa Of the
aider ones 30 embraced each other over 1t that
.,o.ia "ns t uane9l. ~ ascena me church had
obserystory which vo1, reacbed 'f hr H,"h9 "h9 ~
stairs leading from tho gallery, and from which
the Potomac and Aappailannock Rivers, which
~ ~ ~. ID. uasaSn isom eacn othef ana much
Nat a er.at uer ~ .'an'4s ~ a6 mt6n' 70 seen'
there might be seen The high. tottar;no wa1is.
OF the Old Potomac Church, one Of the larrest
IN virginia, and long before this time desert
- one. ne so'qie1s dut1ng the last Wat with
Pn,omac I'aT ar1arnd i, 'uese.s 90 Iele N hue
to have been sometimes used AZ nn,gary % for
caterpillars, manufaetory Of silk having bean
Bet up almost at its doorH."
uumfHes tho favo1ite town Of Washington,
tho FairiaxeB, and their neighbors, is even
moro extinct than in tho time Of Bishop |
Meade. It was once "tho mart OF that part |
Of virginia, tho sceno Of gayety and fashion, I
the abode Of wealthy merchants from Scot |
in tho mother country.
sit il now in ruins. almost an comn1ete ae
those Of the old church Ouantico Crack |
through which tho trade from Europe came. Is
nov filed IN, ghile the Pines have corerad |
tho spot where the church once s.oox1. ncar ita
banks. Deaolatiou reiens around. The o1d |
Court House yas fitted m aone tb;rtr-fva ar
forty Years ago, for worship. but that haa 1onu
since been Abandoned for want ~ wor,
shipperu."
INDIAN ASp OTHER n11,ons m v,Ra,,7.
In no State in tho Union, probably not ox-
ceptinc A,kanaaH. Texas. ar E.nsaa-,ra
there 10 many descendants OF Ind;ana aa in
Virginia. The trace ia generally rery p1ir1t
except amongst the negroes in some psrta'
hut that it exists in 1nany p}aecs throrrh 1,rrn
families is freely admitted. The blood Of 20
cahontas vas the boast, and doubtless with
reason, Of the Randolphs, Bollingy, Hennincs.
Murrays, GUYS and EldridRes, At Wbite
House, on the Pamunloy, Is Indian Island.
whero the remnant OF a tribo still o1ists'
mixed with whites and Indians. Dy yery
old virginian law, Indian blood was endowed
with GIRL rights, and by superstition it clyos
dignity and aristocracy oven to white
people. At William and Mary Col
lege special Indian Professoszhipe wero
long Sustained BY royal enact
ment, ana many ocores OF Indian youths wont
back to their tnbes With smattenng ct Greek
and Latin. During our war, often remarked
The dead black hair and stolid hazel eye of tho
savage in many an officer, and those officers
were almost invariably from the Oldest Eastezn
counties. Indeed, tho primary object Of
founding the Virginia Company in 1906, was
ihfinn1 tn bA ~ $hR hrin npirn ~ tha It1i /