Some old historic landmarks of Virginia and Maryland, described in a hand-book for the tourist over the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon electric railway . e Occoquan river, and the prompt pursuit of the murderers by themounted rangers of the county of Stafford to their town of Assaomeck twenty miles upthe Potomac, where they were overtaken and massacred at the doors of their wigwams,all the other tribes on both sides of the river, up and down, took refuge with the Fiscata-ways, a powerful tribe dwelling on the heights now occupied by the battlements of FortWashington ; and here in alli
Some old historic landmarks of Virginia and Maryland, described in a hand-book for the tourist over the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon electric railway . e Occoquan river, and the prompt pursuit of the murderers by themounted rangers of the county of Stafford to their town of Assaomeck twenty miles upthe Potomac, where they were overtaken and massacred at the doors of their wigwams,all the other tribes on both sides of the river, up and down, took refuge with the Fiscata-ways, a powerful tribe dwelling on the heights now occupied by the battlements of FortWashington ; and here in alliance they proceeded to fortify themselves by embank-ments, ditches and palisades against the advance of the colonists. To dislodye thisforce of savages, two thousand troops of the Maryland and Virginia militia were speedilyraised and placed under the command of Col. John Washington, who had under himM;iiors , Brent and other military notables of the time. After a protracted siegeof SIX weeks the small number of the besieged who had escaped bullets and starvation,capitulated to their assailants. The destruction was complete and vengeance OF VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND. 45 Three years before this siege Col. John as elsewhere related had been engaged withNicholas Spencer in bringing into the province one hundred immigrants, for whichthey obtained a royal patent for 5000 acres now included within the bounds of MountVernon. At the time of this patent, Stafford was the uppermost county, stretching intermin-ably beyond the Alieghanies and to the Mississippi valley. Prince William and Fair-fax were not set off until nearly fifty years afterward. The town of Assaomeck wasabout four miles below Great Hunting Creek on that division of the Mount Vernonriver farm now known as Andalusia. It was just opposite to Broad Creek in Mary-land. Col. John died in 1677. He was first married in England. His wife and twochildren came with him to Virginia, but the three died soon after arr
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