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mac, he anchored at the Indian tov;n of Yoacomoco. The native inhabitants, having su ered om the su­ perior power of the Susquehannahs, who occupied the district between the bays, had already resolved to remove into the interior, and many of them had be­ gun to emigrate be re the English arrived.
4. To Calvert, the spot seemed convenient r a plantation; it was easy, by presents of cloth and axes, and of hoes and knives, to gain the good-will of the natives, and to purchase their right to the soil ·which they ,,ere preparing to abandon. They readily gave consent that the English should immediately occupy one half of their town, and, after the har,·est, should become exclusive tenants of the whole. Mutual promises of iendship and peace were made; so that, upon the twenty-seventh day of :March, the Catholics took quiet possession of the little place, and religions li berty obtained a home-its only home in the oide world-at the humble village which bore the name of St. Mary's.
5. Three days after the landing of Calvert, the Ark and the Dove anchored in the harbour. Sir Juhn Harvey soon arrived on a visit; the native chic , also, came to welcome or to watch the emigrant , and were so well received that they resolved to giYe perpetuity to their league of amity with the Engli h. The Indian women taught the wives of the new­ comers to make bread of maize; the warriors 0f the tribe instructed the huntsmen how rich were the for­
ests of America in game, and joined them in tbc chase. And, as the season of the year inYitcd to the pursuits of agriculture, and the English had come
peake; he entered the river which is now called St. Iary's, and which he named St. Geor< e's · and
about ur leagues om its junction with the Poto-