Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-09-02

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in every respect the history Of Nary
land - fol- a interest, and Il is Of the
highest importance that the authentic
records by which that history Is to be
illustrated should not BE lost. II Is
greatly sobe regretted that large mass
of records. documents, correspondents.
Sc. belonging lo-she pge-revoiutionary
periods 0E lhe province has been 50 i'm
perfectly cared for a. "a cause irrepar-
able loss. leaving many inspoFtanE sFls
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Macy oi our State legislative records
and papers have disappeared altogether.
still more are perishing at Annapolis,
in the various county court-houses and
other places from decay. careless hand
ling and improper storage.
One OF the most disastrous results Of
Claiborne's and Ingle's rebellion in
Maryland, in 1645-46. was the destruc-
ton or loss of most Of the records of the
Province, so that we are left much in
the dark as TO the means used by these
rebels to win followers to their plots
and foment disaHectIon to Cact Illus
Calvert, second Lord Baltimore, and
his government. Our records Of this
period are very imperfect, and.it is very
important 10 know how and why IT was
that Maryland, meant to be the abode
of peace, was drawn into the vortex of
the unhappy conten which were
convulsing the mother country. The
records Of the Province from the end
of 1888 to tie beginning of 1892 are
also lost, leaving US very much in the
dark about the Protestant revolution of
1889. and how Maryland lost her inde-
pendence, ceased to be palatinate, and
became a royal government.
Your correspondent, having learned
a few days since, that papers relating to
these missing links in the chain of our
colonial history were in existence in
the courthouse in the county-seat ct
Calvert, started from Baltimore on
Wednesday night and arrived here the
next morning to search for the long
lost records. II must be confessed that
there seemed to be prospect of find
ing the missing records, as Calvert was
the scene OF many stirring events con-
nected with the period which they
chronicled, but as will be seen the
search was fruitless.
Ascending the beautiful Patuxent the
Mary Washington passed many histor-
&c points in the history of the State and
Calvert county. The Patuxent Indi-
ens. whose principal seat was upon-the
river which perpetuatcs their name, in-
cluded at one time large number Of
minor nations and tribes, remarkable
for their friendship for the white man.
Capt. John Smith, who was the FIRST
white man to explore this stream: in
1903, said that he found the Patuxent
Indians "very tractable and more civil
than any" he met in his travels. Their
hunting grounds embraced part of the
country bordering upon the Patapsco
and upon the Potomac. including Pis-
Getaway creek, aud probably the cities
both of Washington and of Baltimore.
About two miles above the mouth Of
the Patuxent, on the south side, the
Mattapanients, oae of the most friendly
tribes of Maryland Indians, had town.
1t served as the store-house Of the Jes-
uit missionaries, under Father White,
and subsequently, became the property
of the Hon. Henry Sewell, one of Lord
Baltimore's councillors. Cacilius CAL
vert died IN 1875, but as early as 1862
he sent bis son Charles, the fourth
Lord Baltimore, to Maryland as Gov
ernor, who lived many years in the
Province, a part OF the time at Malta
pany-Sewell, sharing the fortunes Of
the colonlsts, and marrying Jane, the
widow of Mr.. SeweII. From this
Charles is traced the descent OF the
Calverlso of Noun; Airy, Prince Georges
county. the ofshoots at Riversdale, near
Washington, and Newport, Rhode Is
land, being from the same branch
Nelly, the daughter Of Benedict CAL
vert, Of Mount Airy, was married 10
George Washington Parke Cusiis. a
highly interesting letter Of Gen. Wash
ington's, The guardian OF Mr.. Gusts.
upon this marriage, is published in
Sparks 'Life Of Washington.
Around the tort AZ Mattapany-SeweIl
at this early period were several scat
tered settlements Of English. and in
1642 the records tell US that Mr.. Henry
Bishop, who had received injury from
the Indians Of Patuxeni, in plnndering
his live stock, was authorized to take
command OF the fort which waste form
rendezvous for the Inhabitants in case
Of danger. In this year the Jesuit mis-
sionafies made many excursions up the
Paluxent river, and among their con-
serts were the young queen Of Pstux-
ent town and her mother, also the young
queen Of Port Tobacco, and the wife
and two sons Of "The Great Tayac,"
the king or emperor Of Plscataway, who
had been baptized and married by the
Jesuit missionaries in 1910. he is
represented in The letters OF the mis-
ssonaFies as chief Of great power, ex-
eFcising authority over several Of the
neighboring tribes. His capital. called
Kittamaq0inda, was probably at or near
the present village og Piscstaway, about
70 miles south Of Washington city
So important was the baptism aud mar
rage OF Tayac considered, that Gov.
Calvert and osher Of the principal men
Ia the colony made a journey into The
wilderness 10 be present at The ceremo-
nies. As an incident in history il may
be placed beside the baptism Of Poca-
honias, which has 50 often inspired the
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