Evening star., 1901-08-31

name as Miss -, residing on street be-
tween 18th and 18th streets, and who pro-
fessed to be a devout member of one of the
prominent Episcopal churches of the city,
engaged board at the house mentioned.
Before each meal she said her prayers os-
tensibly, but in exchange for that pious
conduct. grabbed everything in sight around
her. to the great disgust of the rest of the
boarders. The viands and dishes served
to them were not suitable to Miss --s
epicurean palate. She demanded different
things, and her manner could not POSSIBLY
leave any doubt that she would remunerate
the kind-hearted and unSuspecting mis-
tress of the house for everything. She
would invariably send her plate back, ask
ing with innocent look on her pious face
for only the white meat of the chicken,
adding that perhaps the others preferred
the dark meat Nothing seemed to be
good enough for her. and instead of chang
ing her boarding house, as she should nave
done, she insisted on revolutioniz1ng the
whole establishment directing how things
should be prepared and cooked for her.
She would absent-mindedly grab the but
ter and cream of her neighbors. and II
that was not sufficient or convenient would
reach with her long and lean arm across
the table to take what she desired. She
was ostensibly little deaf. and occasional
ly, when it suited her purpose, would not
be able to hear at all. She proved that
when the mistress of the house asked her
for the amount due for board. Miss -
at first unable to hear, but after
the situation was several times repeated to
her in StentOrian voice, she haughtlly ask
ed if the landady was so hard up that she
needed her money. and finally she stated
that she thought it was thoroughly under
stood that she was not to pay until her
lawsuit. which was pending, was settled.
This was the first intimation the landlady
had of such an understanding or suit. She
demanded what kind of lawsuit 1t was,
and was informed that it dated as far back
nyI ,1v ,if,iSt rat w q
Miss claimed one of the horses which
drew the Presidents carriage stepped on
her foot, and in consequence injured her
spine. If Mr.. Cleveland knew of this L
have no doubt he would willingly pay MISS
IS board bills.
Miss was finally dismissed from
the house, and after some investigation it
developed that she has been turned out or
most of the better class of boarding houses
in Washington. where she had worked the
same bluff, demanding the best and on
pay day referring the poor victims to that
visionary lawsuit. She had great nerve,
eh?"
X X X X
Few people who live in Anacostia realize
from what an ancient village their fine
town sprang This thriving settlement on
the eastern bank of the Anacostia river
was built on the ruins of an ancient Indian
village the existence of which is made
known not only by material evidences on
the ground, but is fixed in history. Mr. s.
V Proudfit of the Department of the 1nte-
rior, during a series of Investigations on
the ground extending over ten years, be-
tween 1880 and 1890, has located various
Indian settlements in the District of Co
lumbia, the whole of which he considers
the most fruitful field for such explorations
he has ever entered. Along the Eastern
branch of the AnacoStia from Benning to
Deanewood he regards as one Of the Oldest
Indian settlements. 1t also extended to
where now stands the town of Anacostia.
the name of which is derived from the In
dians' name of their village which stood
on that bank of the stream When Capt
Smith came up the Potomac he thought the
Eastern branch. or AnacoStia river, was
the main stream, and he made a map of
the Potomac which so represents 1t. He
records the fact that when he got to Ma
cotchtanke he was met by forty or fifty In
tanke has become the town of Anacostia.
in both name and location. The people Of
Maryland later knew this town as Nacostia,
and still later it assumed the form by
which ii is now known, by the addition OF
an A to the beginning Of the word as famil-
lar to the Marylanders. From the number
of warriors met by Smith at Nacotchtanke
it is estimated that that town must have
had at least from 300 to 300 Inhabitants
and the evidences of Indian workshops have
convinced Mr.. Proudfit that the village
was there a long time 1t may have been
there for several generations. These In
belonged to the Powhatan group of natives