The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-12-08
For The Cecil Wing.
Historical Researches that Quilp Made
US Bohemian.
For The Cecil Wing
CHAPTER Mi.

CHAPTER MI.
AUGUSTINE HERMAN AND JACOB YOUNG
AUTHORIZED TO TREAT WITH THE IN
DAMS.
Having finished the account of the Laba-
dsts in the last chapter, we must ask the
reader to 60 back with us to the year 1878,
and we will resume the history of Angus
tine Herman. And let it not be forgotten
that this was the hey-day of his property
and power as Lord of Bohemia Manor.
He had constructed what was then called a
good road from the manor house to his son
Casparus' place, on his manor of Angus
tine, on the Delaware. The construction
of this road was a work of no small mag
nitude, for it was said to have been TWEEN
ty two miles in length. The ordinary roads
in use, at this time, did not deserve the
name of roads, for they were only spaces
or paths cleared of trees and often so mar
row and obscure that it was very Difficult;
to follow them. 1t was not till 1904 that it
was enacted that the public roads should
wide, and that overseers should be appointed
to keep them in repair and erect bridges
over heads of rivers, creeks, branches and
swamps where they were required. This act
also directed, that all roads leading to the
court houses, in the several counties, should
be marked "by two notches cut in the trees
on both sides of the roads aforesaid, and
another notch distance above the other
two" Roads leading to a church were
to be marked at the entrance into the same.
and at the leaving any other road with
slip cut down the face of the tree, near the
ground" Roads leading to ferry were
roads ran through old fields, they were to
be marked by stakes discernible from each
other and notched like the trees. Even after
this great improvement upon roads, our
forefathers must have labored under much
difficulty when travelling after night-fa
The Indians were still in the northern part
of the county, and no doubt Herman had to
keepa watchful eye upon them, for, though
they do not appear to have been hostile,
there is evidence extant to show that they
were troublesome.
In the year 1918 Herman and Jacob Young
were appointed commissioners to treat with
| lows, and may be found in the first book Of
the land records of Cecil county:
Ry THE LIEUTENANT GENERAL
Thomas Motley, Esq, Lieutenant Gen
eral and chief Governor of the Province of
Mary land, under the Right Honorable
| Charles, our Lord and Proprietary of the
same. to Augustine Herman and Jacob
| Young, gentlemen. greeting:
! WHEREAS, Complaint to me hath been
made that several in uries and abuses have
been frequently offered to divers the in
! habitants of this province as to their stock
of hogs, horses and cattle by the Delaware
| Indians hunting upon their lands and driv
ing away their stocks, pretending as just,
right and title they have to the land, by
reason whereof the inhabitants are very
much molested and damnifed for pre-
venton whereof for the future | have, by
and with the advice and consent of his
Lordshp's council, authorized and APP
pointed you, the said Augustine Herman
| ttll JdCoD IohHS, " blChb Will Vic otiu
Indians touching the premises, and to know
of them what part and what quantity of
the land in Baltimore and Cecil counties
they pretend to, and what satisfaction they
may demand to quit their claim thereto, to
the end that the same may be duly exc
cuted and paid. And the Inhabitants of
this province quietly and peaceably enjoy
their possession without any further
molestation. An account of the proceed
ing herein, you are to transmit unto my
self and his Lordships council with all
expedition possible. Given under my hand
and seal this 18th day of June, in the third
year of his Lordship's dominion over this
/ province, Ammo Domini, 167S.'
The proposed treaty was made, but what
stipulatious it contained we have as yet
! been unable to learn, for the records of the
county contain no further reference to it,
ana we have been unable to go to Annapo-
lis to search the records there. We nope,
however, to obtain some information in
| reference to it, which we will embody in