The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-06-05
MiscelIaneOu s I.
For The Agis d Mtelligenccr.
MAIDEN'S MOUNT.
IN INDIAN STORY.

Maiden's Mount is situated in Dublin
district, Hartford county, nearly opposite to
the Bald Friar ferry. 1t is a high knob
on top of the wild river hill. The scenery
here is wild, picturesque and beautiful to
those who admire the grand scenes of ma
ture. The high hill, the wild rocks piled
one upon another, in grand array, ard the
grand old forest trees, entwined with para
sites, that grow here, together with the
profusion of beautiful wild flowers in the
floral season, render the Mount a place of
rare beauty. The grand old Susquehanna
rolls onward at the base of the hill, and the
hollow murmur of the waters as they dash
over their rocky bed, produces pleasant
lullaby that is soothing to the mind. The
name of Maiden's Mount, is given to large
tract of land that embraces and lies around
the Mount, part of which is now owned
by Messrs. John Daugherty and John
Rousey.
The question is often asked how the
Mount obtained its name, and l am now
going to tell you the origin thereof About
the year 1850, when Maryland was in its
infancy, this county was mostly inhabited
by the Delaware Indians, with here and
there few white settlers. The Delawares
were very kind to their pale-faced friends,
as Cecil Calvert, Uord Baltimore, who
succeeded his good father, George Calvert,
the proprietary had instituted an equita-
BILE policy in his dealings with the sons of
the forest, similar to that of VIM. Penn.
At the time of which write, there were
several flourishing villages in what is now
Dublin district, belonging to the Indians.
Init nrfrn CIT ord of ~
mouth of Swan Creek. The chief of this
had lovely daughter, who was considered
the queen of the village. This maiden was
called by her father, the Morning Star, as
he considered the planet Venus the most
beautiful thing that he could call his
daughter for
At the time of which write, this lovely
maiden was eighteen years Of age, and she
was as good as she was beautiful. The
Star was betrothed to u young chieftain
whose wigwam was somewhere near where
Magnolia now stands. This young war
rior was every way worthy of the young
beauty, and they were soon to be married,
with the full consent of her father.
Some time in May, in the year above
mentioned, Mas-sa-to received u visit from
half dozen Mohawks, who lived con-
siderable distance up the Susquehanna.
They protested the greatest friendship for
the old Chieftain, and staid with him a
week, helping him fish daily, for at this
time the whole tribe were engaged in fish
ing and drying fish. The young Mohawk
chief was called the Panther, and he at
once set his eyes on the Morning Star, and
resolved that she should be his, let the
consequence be what it might. He asked
her father for her, but of course received a
positive refusal, the old chief telling him
that his daughter was already engaged.
The willy villain appeared to be satisfied
with this answer, and did not press his
suit any farther. The Star despised this
fellow and could scarce bear his presence
and she told her father that sooner than
become his bride she would cut his throat
The Star had mild disposition, she was
always calm and ever ready to act in cases
of emergency and danger. The time was
about to arrive when she would require all
her fortitude, calmness and energy.
One fine morning the Mohawks took
their leave of the kind old chieftain and
said they were off for the Mohawk villages
Soon after they left, Mas to and all his
hiSh iei', aHN ScttlnB III tHclr CunOeS, pro-
ceeded some distance down the Bay to fish
not expecting to return till evening, leav
ing the maiden, an old Indian woman ant
two young girls to keep house until theil
return.
After they had got fairly out of sight, tho
willy Mohawks came back, with the stealth
peculiar to the Indian, and before the beau
tiful Star was aware of their presence, sh,
was prisoner. They tied a belt over hel
mouth and pinioned her arms behind her
The Panther now took his tomahawl
and quickly killed the iMaiden's kind old
foster mother, and the two young squaws
that had been her companions and walters
Now the Panther seized the terrified beauty
aud ordered her to go with him, and sh'
seeing that resistance was out of the ques
ton, quietly obeyed the mandate. Before
leaving, they stole a copper kettle that be
ionged to their kind host, and then left TIN
premises at double-quick. The abductor
knew that the Indians would not return
before shutdown and thew iudoinp that the,