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Writing— Premium aece_s-it \V « l»l* Gritlit hGeorge;j»ieerHome of (lie raiments.The following article \vwe find in the Baltimore American of Thurselay will he read with iuterej-1:Colonel Win. 11. Love, who is a memher of the Maryland Aeadeim id’Se-ie-nces. believes that lie lias discove-re*d the location of the main settlement of the Patuxent Indians. On Decoration Dav Colonel Love was in\ ite«l to visit a strip of land lying between the northern and western hraiK lies of the Patuxent River in Prince George’s county, lying due east of Bowie, and w hile there he found a number of Indian relics in t he shape of am. ws and spear heads, and also saw a collection of several thousand such relics that had heed picked up on the ground during the past six or seven years. Colonel Love says he left the railroad at Collingtmi, on the Popes Creek line of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad, and traveled in a easterly direction. lie came* across the- Jesuit settlement at White Marsh, which is one of the olde st in the- country, and also had a drink out of the holy spring, to which pilgrimages have* he-e-n made ever since- the- e-arl\ scttleme-nts. The- water w as de-light fillly e*old and pure-. He* then crossed the- Pa lu\c*nt Valle-y. which is a swamp, ami prohahh e\e-r remain such. After I he valle-y w as crosse-d the- roael Iie• iran tlt; ascetiel until it re*ache*d a ravine-eh*nsclv e-ove-red with laurel trees, that arc impropc-rlv call-e-el • • I\ \ hy the nati\e-lt;. At the- ape-\ the-cedeeiie-l toiuol a sandy plate-;iu e-ove rimrail area of over three- hundre d ae-re-s n,| ,,n this, he says, lie- he-lic-ve-s w:is t lie- Ulldollbted location of the nrtin se-tth-me-nt • • f tin-Patuxent Iuelians. Pile- of di-hri-. re-pre seating the stone- age-, covere-il the- e-nlire-surface as far as tin- e-ye- e-ouhl se-e*. and all kinds of steein- e-|i i p pi ii g. aiol f re-lt; | iie-nt !\ illlple-llielll s. e-e.llld he- picked lip frolll the-ground. The- partN v ho e*wus the- land tlt;de I Co lolled Lo\ e- that Uleest of t lie ■-I- re-lie--had he-e-n cat In-red six or eight vc.ais ago. and that he pc-rsonally gathered se-ve-n thousand arrow- and spear In-ad and one-htinilre-1 nx-s Bae-k fnun tin- e dge- of the hiIIIf t hat IIVerleeeiks tile- ri ve-r lt;'o|eme-1 1.0\ e elise-e »\ e-re-el an Indian nieeiind. -till all.ml six fe-ct a he»\ e * I lie- Hl'ollll ! The eadotie-l Wasteddlliat a lllllllhe-r ed Neal’s ;i;ii the iiioii n 11 ua-fullv I hi rt \ fe * I hide hut lt;-.n slant j h• w ing hail low e-re-e! it After a led da\ e»f W eerk lt;'ohdied |.«»\e- eni'ficd aWaVwith him thirty valuable |i-iime-n and -e-veral piece - • •! Bln. Mountain rod-. tlcet in list have- l-e-e-n liroitght tee that place- l-\ flu- I ii e I i a 11 s along their trail- t rlt; *in the-mountain- The plate-au i- le. d:t\ . r e el with a ele-ll-c growth «»t -pafii Ii '-:ik and pine, wliie-h e-aii-e-- much to he- h t tee I lie- e *!».- e-|*\ e-r. lt;e 111 e II e I I. a e- e e|| t r*l|lt; I - that tin plae’e- wa- IIeit only the- In iill I till II. at of tin- Patuxe-'it 1 ii■ Ii iII- lent il wa- il-o the- place* where tin \ Ilia IIIII act lll'e-i I the ll im pl«-tite-lit - of iiielu-l r\ and warfare-' oh nod Leu l a . I hat olO- of t In- pie i ant fe-at ure-s e.l tin \ i - i t wa- tin- pie inn e | He- ride- aloii h t In- I'o.nl I I'olii lt;edli ll gt e dl to the- Indian plate-.m (n tin \V.a\ In pa e-.| Be-lair. tin- lt;»gh e ■ -1 a 11 •. and the- holm .| two go\ ernor I In prope-rt \ i- now in t lie- p. i--i ion ol i ( a 1 i 111rii ia n. i n• I - In ■ w io-irh-i-l. A m 11-1 i i n p. i- i ii.- -1 hi. how e-\e-r i- the- gigantic row of tulip poplar thatline the entrance to the til J famil \ nian - no -.
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The Prince Georges Enquirer and Southern Maryland Advertiser
Upper Marlboro, Maryland, US
Fri, Jun 21, 1895
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