Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-08-15

AS some interest has been excited oflate
IN our community, by the articles which
we have been publishing touching the ear
ly history of the county and its capital,
we have thought it not altogether out OF
the way to republish the following article,
which appeared in May, 1869, on the same
subject, and entitled "A Relic of 1902
Our readers we are sure will take pleasure
IN reading the article in question, as it af
fords valuable information concerning our
early history.
A Relic Of 1909.
We have now in our office an ancient relic
which was handed US by our esteemed friend,
Z. II. Muschett, of this village and which is,
no doubt great curiosity and of considerable
interest to such Of our friends as may wish to
indulge taste for antiquarian Investigations
1t is map of "Firginia Discovered and De-
scribed by Captayne John Smith, 1906" Our
readers will remember that the charters of
James |, in whose reign the Colony was settled,
granted Oil the territory within two lines, the
one drawn from APPOINT two hundred miles north
OF "POynt Comfort and the other from point
two hundred miles south Of 'Poynt Comfort;"
the said lines to be extended west and northwest
to the Pacific, and including all islands within
three hundred leagues ofthe aforegoing domain
In 1852, however, Charles granted to Lord
baltimore all that portion of the original Vir-
GINA grant, which is at present included with
IN the limits of the State Of Maryland This
map includes the original grant. The country
actually discovered by Captain Smith is marked
out by crosses, "what beyond is by relation
meaning, we presume, information obtained
from the Natives. On the left of the map cut
represents the Estate and Fashion held by Pow
hatan when Captayne Smith was delivered to
him prisoner, 1G07.n On the right is q picture
of warrior Of the tribe of Sasquesahanoughs,"
who are described as "Gyant-like people. ~
At the bottom we find q Mariners Compass and
ship OF war in the ''Virginia Sea-" The
country west of chesapeake Bay' was inhab-
tied by the Powhatans, Monacans, Mannahoacks
and Sasquesahanoughs tribes of Indians. On
the cast the \kuskarawaoks, Tockwoghs and
Atquanachukes held possession. The bay,
rivers and villages all have their original Indian
names. The James River is marked as the
"PoWhatan, " the Rappahannock as the "Top-
pahannook," the Potomac as the "Patawo-
meek" the Patuxent as the 'Pawtuxunt1 and
the Susquehana as the "Sasqusahanough." -
Upon the banks Of these rivers are located In
dian villages, many of which are now the sites
of thriving cities and towns. Richmond now
stands upon the site of the village ofPowhatan,
Fredericksburg upon that of Cuttatawomen,
and our venerable town Port Tobacco) stands
where, upwards Observation-Disclosures ago,
stood its name-sake ''Potapaco'- term
meaning, we believe, "river between high
hills" The Point Lookout of modern times is
here named ''Sparlles Poynt." Upon the
banks of the Potomac in what is now known
as HCedar Point Neck" stood the village of
Nushomouck," and Immediately across Mamie
moy Greek, near what is known as ''Nanjemoy
Stores" was located the town of 'Mataugh-
quamend." We might go more into detail, but
VIC feel assured we have said enough to induce
such Of our friends as may take an interest in
such matters, to call and examine this relic of
the adventurous spirit of the chivalric and far
famed Explorer of Virginia.