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FLEET'S JOURNAL. 13
beares, and the armes through the mouth with pawes hanging at their noses. One had
the head of a wolfe hanging in a chaine for a Jewell, his tobacco-pipe three quarters of a
yard long, prettily carved with a bird, a deare, or some such devise at the great end, sufficient to beat out ones braines : with bowes, arrowes, and clubs, sutable to their greatnesse.
These are scarce knowne to Powhatan. They can make neare 600 able men, and are
pallisadoed in their townes to defend them from the Massawomekes their mortall enemies.
Five of their chiefe Werowances came aboord vs and crossed the bay in their barge. The
picture of the greatest of them is signified in the mappe. The calfe of whose leg was
three quarters of a yard about, and all the rest of his limbs so answerable to that proportion
that he seemed the goodliest man we ever beheld. His hayre, the one side was long, the
other shore close with a ridge over his crowne like a cocks combe. His arrowes were five
quarters long, headed with the splinters of a white christall-iike stone, in forme of a heart, an
inch broad, an inch and a halfe or more long. These he wore in a woolues skinne at his
backe for his quiver, his bow in the one hand and his clubbe in the other, as is described.
" On the east side of the bay is the river Tockwhogh,1 and upon it a people that can make
100 men, seated some seaven myles within the river: where they have a fort very well
pallisadoed and mantelled with barkes of trees. Next them is Ozinies with sixty men.
More to the south of that east side of the bay, the river Rapahanock, neere vnto which is
the river Kuscarawaock. Upon which is seated a people with 200 men. After that, is the
river Tanto Wighcomoco, and on it a people with 100 men. The people of these rivers are
of little stature, of another language from the rest and very rude. But they are on the
river Acohanock with 40 men, and they of Accomack 80 men doth equalize any of the
territories of Powhatan, and speake his language, who over all these doth rule as king.
" Southward we went to some parts of Clwwanock and the Mangoags to search for
them left by Mr. White. Amongst those people are thus many severall nations of sundry languages, that environ Powhatan's Territories. The Chowanocks, the Mangoags, the
Monacam, the Mannxhokes, the Massawomekes, the Powh'Uam, the Sasquesahanocks, the
Atquanachukes, the Tockwoghes, and the Kuvearawaocks. All these not any one under-
standeth another but by interpreters."2
In further illustration of what may be termed the primeval state of the
country bordering on the Chesapeake Bay and its tributary waters, we will
now add "A brief Journal of a voyage made in the bark Virginia, to Virginia
and other parts of the continent of America," by Captain Henry Fleet.3
1 Sassafras river. from the Indians, with whom he hath long
2 See Bozman, Vol. I., for further infor- lived, till he hath left his own language, report-
mation on these interesting voyages, and his eth that he hath oftentimes been within sight
valuable historical notes. of the South Seas, that he hath seen Indians
3 About the year 1621 the pinnace Tiger, besprinkle their paintings with powder of gold,
with twenty-six men, was sent from James- that he had likewise seen rare precious stones
town, under the direction of an experienced among them, and plenty of black fox, which of
trader named Spilman, to trade for corn with all others is the richest fur."
the Indians near the head of navigation on the By his flattering representations he induced,
Potomac. Arriving opposite the present site in September, 1627, William Cloberry, a promi-
of Washington city, Spilman left five men on nent merchant of London, to place the pinnace
board of his vessel, and with the remainder Paramour, of one hundred tons burden, under
landed among the Anacostan Indians. Soon his charge.—Bruce's British State Papers.
after he was attacked by the Indians, and all of He returned to the Indian town of Yowacco-
his party were either killed or taken prisoners, moco (afterwards St. Mary's City), where he
and among the latter was Captain Henry Fleet. had lived with the Indians and traded largely
Remaining in captivity for several years, Fleet with them for their fur skins. He made a
returned to England, where a contemporary number of voyages across the Atlantic with
writer thus mentions him : cargoes of furs, and when Governor Leonard
"Here is one, whose name is Fleet, newly Calvert, before landing his company, made a
come from Virginia, who being lately ransomed reconnoissance of the Potomac as far as
Object Description
| Title | History of Maryland - 1 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
Description
| Title | 00000038 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | FLEET'S JOURNAL. 13 beares, and the armes through the mouth with pawes hanging at their noses. One had the head of a wolfe hanging in a chaine for a Jewell, his tobacco-pipe three quarters of a yard long, prettily carved with a bird, a deare, or some such devise at the great end, sufficient to beat out ones braines : with bowes, arrowes, and clubs, sutable to their greatnesse. These are scarce knowne to Powhatan. They can make neare 600 able men, and are pallisadoed in their townes to defend them from the Massawomekes their mortall enemies. Five of their chiefe Werowances came aboord vs and crossed the bay in their barge. The picture of the greatest of them is signified in the mappe. The calfe of whose leg was three quarters of a yard about, and all the rest of his limbs so answerable to that proportion that he seemed the goodliest man we ever beheld. His hayre, the one side was long, the other shore close with a ridge over his crowne like a cocks combe. His arrowes were five quarters long, headed with the splinters of a white christall-iike stone, in forme of a heart, an inch broad, an inch and a halfe or more long. These he wore in a woolues skinne at his backe for his quiver, his bow in the one hand and his clubbe in the other, as is described. " On the east side of the bay is the river Tockwhogh,1 and upon it a people that can make 100 men, seated some seaven myles within the river: where they have a fort very well pallisadoed and mantelled with barkes of trees. Next them is Ozinies with sixty men. More to the south of that east side of the bay, the river Rapahanock, neere vnto which is the river Kuscarawaock. Upon which is seated a people with 200 men. After that, is the river Tanto Wighcomoco, and on it a people with 100 men. The people of these rivers are of little stature, of another language from the rest and very rude. But they are on the river Acohanock with 40 men, and they of Accomack 80 men doth equalize any of the territories of Powhatan, and speake his language, who over all these doth rule as king. " Southward we went to some parts of Clwwanock and the Mangoags to search for them left by Mr. White. Amongst those people are thus many severall nations of sundry languages, that environ Powhatan's Territories. The Chowanocks, the Mangoags, the Monacam, the Mannxhokes, the Massawomekes, the Powh'Uam, the Sasquesahanocks, the Atquanachukes, the Tockwoghes, and the Kuvearawaocks. All these not any one under- standeth another but by interpreters."2 In further illustration of what may be termed the primeval state of the country bordering on the Chesapeake Bay and its tributary waters, we will now add "A brief Journal of a voyage made in the bark Virginia, to Virginia and other parts of the continent of America," by Captain Henry Fleet.3 1 Sassafras river. from the Indians, with whom he hath long 2 See Bozman, Vol. I., for further infor- lived, till he hath left his own language, report- mation on these interesting voyages, and his eth that he hath oftentimes been within sight valuable historical notes. of the South Seas, that he hath seen Indians 3 About the year 1621 the pinnace Tiger, besprinkle their paintings with powder of gold, with twenty-six men, was sent from James- that he had likewise seen rare precious stones town, under the direction of an experienced among them, and plenty of black fox, which of trader named Spilman, to trade for corn with all others is the richest fur." the Indians near the head of navigation on the By his flattering representations he induced, Potomac. Arriving opposite the present site in September, 1627, William Cloberry, a promi- of Washington city, Spilman left five men on nent merchant of London, to place the pinnace board of his vessel, and with the remainder Paramour, of one hundred tons burden, under landed among the Anacostan Indians. Soon his charge.—Bruce's British State Papers. after he was attacked by the Indians, and all of He returned to the Indian town of Yowacco- his party were either killed or taken prisoners, moco (afterwards St. Mary's City), where he and among the latter was Captain Henry Fleet. had lived with the Indians and traded largely Remaining in captivity for several years, Fleet with them for their fur skins. He made a returned to England, where a contemporary number of voyages across the Atlantic with writer thus mentions him : cargoes of furs, and when Governor Leonard "Here is one, whose name is Fleet, newly Calvert, before landing his company, made a come from Virginia, who being lately ransomed reconnoissance of the Potomac as far as |
