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FATHER WHITE'S NARRATIVE. 75
settlement. Yet we looked for a suitable place to build only a Fort (perhaps on the
island itself) to keep off strangers, and to protect the trade of the river and our boundaries ; for this was the narrowest crossing-place on the river.1
On the day of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Virgin Mary in the year 1634
we celebrated the mass for the first time, on this island. This had never been
done before in this part of the world. After we had completed the sacrifice, we
took upon our shoulders a great cross, which we had hewn out of a tree, and
advancing in order to the appointed place, with the assistance of the Governor
and his associates and the other Catholics, we erected a trophy to Christ the Saviour,
humbly reciting, on our bended knees, the Litanies of the Sacred Cross, with great
emotion.
Now when the Governor had understood that many Princes were subject to the
Emperor of Pascatawaye, he determined to visit him, in order that, after explaining the
reason of our voyage, and gaining his good will, he might secure an easier access to the
others. Accordingly, putting with our pinnace (the Dove) another, which he had
procured in Virginia, and leaving the ship (the Ark) at anchor, he sailed round
and landed on the southern side of the river. And when he had learned that
the Savages had fled inland, he went on to a city which takes its name from
the river, being also called Potomeack.2 Here the young King's uncle named Archihu
was his guardian, and took his place in the kingdom; a sober and discreet man.
He willingly listened to Father (John) Altham (altam, that is Oliver), who had been
selected to accompany the Governor (for he (the Governor) kept me still with the ship's
cargo). And when the Father explained, as far as he could through the interpreter,
Henry Fleet, the errors of the heathen, he would, every little while, acknowledge his
own: and when he was informed that we had come thither, not to make war, but out of
good will towards them, in order to impart civilized instruction to his ignorant race, and
show them the way to heaven, and at the same time with the intention of communicating to them the advantages of distant countries, he gave us to understand that he
was pleased at our coming. The interpreter was one of the Protestants of Virginia.
And so, as the Father could not stop for further discourse at the time, he promised that
he Would return before very long. " That is just what I wish," said Archihu, " we will
eat at the same table ; my followers too shall go to hunt for you, and we will have all
things in common."
They went on from this place to Piscatawaye, where all the inhabitants flew to
arms. About five hundred, equipped with bows, had stationed themselves on the shore
with their Emperor. But after signals of peace were made, the Emperor, laying aside
all apprehension, came on board the pinnace, and when he heard of our friendly disposition towards those nations, he gave us permission to dwell wherever we pleased in his
dominions.
1 " The narrowest. ... At the present River or bay, which the pilgrims then called St.
time also, as is seen to-day, this crossing is George's. Moreover, St. George's Island, which
shorter than any other in the whole course of goes by the same name to-day, is situated just
the river. It is easy, then, to infer from this, at the mouth of the river, and from the western
that the fleet sailed to the island in question, extremity of this island, by making a circuit of
but not to St. George's Island or elsewhere; for only three miles, you can enter the main
there is no other narrower crossing place any- stream of the river."—E. A. Dalrymple.
where on the river. 2" . . . This place appears in the recent Maps,
" In addition to this, the island was nine under the name of New Marlborough or Marlbo-
leagues (or twenty-seven miles) from the rough Point. So Bernard Ulysses Campbell,
mouth of the river, which is now called St. Esq., states in the Metropolitan Catholic Alma-
Mary's, as will appear in this letter. Now, nac for the year 1841; and this is confirmed by
indeed, this is the exact distance between good authorities."—Ibid.
Heron's Island and the mouth of St. Mary's
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 | 00000100 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | FATHER WHITE'S NARRATIVE. 75 settlement. Yet we looked for a suitable place to build only a Fort (perhaps on the island itself) to keep off strangers, and to protect the trade of the river and our boundaries ; for this was the narrowest crossing-place on the river.1 On the day of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Virgin Mary in the year 1634 we celebrated the mass for the first time, on this island. This had never been done before in this part of the world. After we had completed the sacrifice, we took upon our shoulders a great cross, which we had hewn out of a tree, and advancing in order to the appointed place, with the assistance of the Governor and his associates and the other Catholics, we erected a trophy to Christ the Saviour, humbly reciting, on our bended knees, the Litanies of the Sacred Cross, with great emotion. Now when the Governor had understood that many Princes were subject to the Emperor of Pascatawaye, he determined to visit him, in order that, after explaining the reason of our voyage, and gaining his good will, he might secure an easier access to the others. Accordingly, putting with our pinnace (the Dove) another, which he had procured in Virginia, and leaving the ship (the Ark) at anchor, he sailed round and landed on the southern side of the river. And when he had learned that the Savages had fled inland, he went on to a city which takes its name from the river, being also called Potomeack.2 Here the young King's uncle named Archihu was his guardian, and took his place in the kingdom; a sober and discreet man. He willingly listened to Father (John) Altham (altam, that is Oliver), who had been selected to accompany the Governor (for he (the Governor) kept me still with the ship's cargo). And when the Father explained, as far as he could through the interpreter, Henry Fleet, the errors of the heathen, he would, every little while, acknowledge his own: and when he was informed that we had come thither, not to make war, but out of good will towards them, in order to impart civilized instruction to his ignorant race, and show them the way to heaven, and at the same time with the intention of communicating to them the advantages of distant countries, he gave us to understand that he was pleased at our coming. The interpreter was one of the Protestants of Virginia. And so, as the Father could not stop for further discourse at the time, he promised that he Would return before very long. " That is just what I wish," said Archihu, " we will eat at the same table ; my followers too shall go to hunt for you, and we will have all things in common." They went on from this place to Piscatawaye, where all the inhabitants flew to arms. About five hundred, equipped with bows, had stationed themselves on the shore with their Emperor. But after signals of peace were made, the Emperor, laying aside all apprehension, came on board the pinnace, and when he heard of our friendly disposition towards those nations, he gave us permission to dwell wherever we pleased in his dominions. 1 " The narrowest. ... At the present River or bay, which the pilgrims then called St. time also, as is seen to-day, this crossing is George's. Moreover, St. George's Island, which shorter than any other in the whole course of goes by the same name to-day, is situated just the river. It is easy, then, to infer from this, at the mouth of the river, and from the western that the fleet sailed to the island in question, extremity of this island, by making a circuit of but not to St. George's Island or elsewhere; for only three miles, you can enter the main there is no other narrower crossing place any- stream of the river."—E. A. Dalrymple. where on the river. 2" . . . This place appears in the recent Maps, " In addition to this, the island was nine under the name of New Marlborough or Marlbo- leagues (or twenty-seven miles) from the rough Point. So Bernard Ulysses Campbell, mouth of the river, which is now called St. Esq., states in the Metropolitan Catholic Alma- Mary's, as will appear in this letter. Now, nac for the year 1841; and this is confirmed by indeed, this is the exact distance between good authorities."—Ibid. Heron's Island and the mouth of St. Mary's |
