While we know our northern friends may not feel it, in the South, Spring is
here. So we thought we'd share a few of our gardening sites appropriate
for this time of the year. Along with gardening, there's grilling, and getting
ready to diet so that you can fit back into that bathing suit this summer!
A- Maryland Indian Villages, Towns and
Settlements
A complete listing of all the Indian villages,
towns and settlements as listed in Handbook of Americans North of Mexico.
Acquaskac. A village situated in 1608 on the w. bank of
Patuxent r., St Marys co., Md. The word may be related to Aquascogoc and
Weckquaesgoek.
Askimimkansen. A village, perhaps connected with the
Nanticoke, formerly on an upper E. branch of Pocomoke r., probably in Worcester
co., Md. Herrman, map (1670) in Rep. on Boundary Line between Va. and Md.,
1873.
Assacomoco. A village about 1610, probably near
Patuxent r., Md. (Pory in Smith (1629), Virginia, u, 63, repr. 1819). The
name is Algonquian and contains the word comoco, house, common in names
of Virginia settlements.
Attoughcomoco An unidentified village of one of
the Algonquian tribes, situated, about 1608, probably near Patuxent r., Md. Not
given by Capt. John Smith nor marked on his map. Mentioned by Pory in Smith
(1629), Virginia, n, 62, repr. 1819.
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Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Frederick Webb Hodge, 1906
