Evening star., 1942-05-10

for fear of being recognized by his bap-
tized name and returned home, he
thought 1t best to adopt the name
Henry" and from that time ON he re-
tanned his substitute name.
In the Army, In which he enlisted, IN
Company <, 26th Infantry, on March 8
1861, he rendered conspicuous service.
and was finally mustered out on June
18, 1884, on account Of wounds received
In the second battle Of Bull Run. Later
he was appointed by Gov. Curtin Of
Pennsylvania q captain to raise com,
pany for the State service, but declined,
though subsequently he served in the
United States Railroad Construction
Corps. On August /, 1867, he entered
the Regular Army and, during the re-
construction period served as chief clerk
within the District Of Alabama--a spe.
cial assignment: was discharged from
the Regular Army, as quartermaster ser.
geant, April 8, 1869, and offered COM
mission as second lieutenant IN the $50
Infantry. but declined the commission.
Old st. Marys County is particularly
replete in Colonial history. and when
this war Is over and there Is enough
gasoline for pleasure trips, the newcom-
ers to Washington should not only make
a pilgrimage to Leonardtown and st.
Andrews Church, but should extend
their trip few miles farther on to st.
Marys City, where, in 1884. the first
Maryland colonists made their primary
settlement with the Secowocomoco In
dians, then living on the st. Marys River
in what subsequently became st. Marys
and Charles Counties, but soon after
abandoned 1t, nominally for the benefit
Of the English, but more likely on ac-
count Of the frequent inroads Of the
Conostoga, an important Iroquoian In
dian tribe.
In 1908 the Secowocomoco had their
village on the east bank Of the VII
comico River at its junction with the
Potomac In st. Marys County, and It Is
estimated that the tribe at this time
contained so warriors. They were dis
tinct from the Wicomoco, and according
to Father Andrew White they were very
tall and well proportioned; they painted
their faces dark blue above the nose and
red below, and sometimes Just the re-
verse. Their hair was gathered In q
knot at the left ear and fastened with q
band.
And 50, in this part Of Maryland, My
Maryland" one has the pleasure Of see
ing the tract of land bartered for by
Gov. Leonard Calvert and taken pos.
session of by him on March n, 1884. In
exchange for the land acquired, the
Governor gave the Indians . number Of
axes. hatchets, rakes and several yards
of cloth.
Leading up to this, of course, a We all
know, was the charter obtained by Cecil
Calvert, the second Lord Baltimore, for
what is now the State of Maryland. And
1t was his lordship who sent his brothers
Leonard and George, as his agents to full
fill the requirements of the grant. For
this purpose the Ark and the Dove were
acquired, the former vessel said to have
been of about 300 tons and the latter of
about so tons, and in these two vessels,
under the charter granted Lord Balti-
more, came the first pioneers of Mary
land. In religion they were principally
Roman Catholics, who came here to
worship God as they saw fit. In all, 1t is
said, there were nearly 200 adventurers.
gentlemen" as they were called, and
their servants, who made the voyage.
An accurate list of all those who came
over with Gov. Calvert at this time,
seems not to have been preserved. but
the following names have been recorded.
and are especially interesting to the de-
scendants of old Maryland families:
Leonard Calvert, the Governor, and
George Calvert, his brother; two per-
sons who poined them as counsellors-
Jerome Hawley and Thomas Cornwallys;
Richard Gerard, son of Sir Thomas Ge-
ard, knight and baronet: Edward Win
5our and Frederick Wintour. sons of
Lady Ann Wintour; Henry Wiseman, son
II Sir Thomas Wiseman, knight; John
Saunders, Edward Cranfield, Henry
Greene, Nicholas Fairfax, John Baxter,
Thomas Dorrell, Capt. John Hill, John
Medcalfe and William Saire. Those who
ire believed to have come over at the
anne time include: Thomas Wills, Rob-
rt Simpson. Mary Jennings. John Hill
ard Robert Shorley. Rogers, John Hill,
Carnock, John Bryant, Will
lam Ashmore, Richard Lusthead, Nicho-
as Hardy, Robert Edwards, Thomas
,harinton, William Edwyn, Thomas
irigsta. Richard Duke, Henry Bishop.
Thomas Heath, John Tomson, James
thornton. Lewis Fremond. Richard
Ievil, John Hollis, Richard Cold, John
ckin. Thomas Hodges. Thomas Green.
nam Bonam, Thomas Cooper, John
[allowos. John Holder. Eoger Walter.
logger Morgan, Josias Walter; and two
esuit priests, Andrew White and John
ltham, and, according to ]. Thomas
chart, Richard Thompson at the same
lme brought into the colony Matthias
onsa, . "nulatto."