Explorations and field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in .. . ^ ij .j^ jz :« : • U U OJ hS iS °- ••p 1- o -s; > E^ g ifH^ o,bo. -^ ^ I rt £ a; ?: -O _g< o a!~ 1- ? W 5 fc = SP,. ^C bo tu ^ s S. •^E ; rt a; X. S c ^ 2^ o £- r- S -a *^o J^ - >? ? — ^ -; o ^ !r! ^ S3 ^ -5 § ^ u I—( dj — ni 5 Oh ns ^ rt0 0 =^ a- C -1- 00 0 ~ -n 5 5; _^ ?• >. rt ?- OJ * 0 0 E Ji . ^•c >^ c — ^ S^^oi ^: re <??.^ 0 J:^ 1 •?^^ i_ « y — E ^ rt clo ^ S — M 0 -2 il, 0 j: rt .r: ^ _• V< ^ !U 0 S 0 ry- ^0^ — tL^^bOP S OJ & <H-S:S 62 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION made in America. Port Tobacco, on a
Explorations and field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in .. . ^ ij .j^ jz :« : • U U OJ hS iS °- ••p 1- o -s; > E^ g ifH^ o,bo. -^ ^ I rt £ a; ?: -O _g< o a!~ 1- ? W 5 fc = SP,. ^C bo tu ^ s S. •^E ; rt a; X. S c ^ 2^ o £- r- S -a *^o J^ - >? ? — ^ -; o ^ !r! ^ S3 ^ -5 § ^ u I—( dj — ni 5 Oh ns ^ rt0 0 =^ a- C -1- 00 0 ~ -n 5 5; _^ ?• >. rt ?- OJ * 0 0 E Ji . ^•c >^ c — ^ S^^oi ^: re <??.^ 0 J:^ 1 •?^^ i_ « y — E ^ rt clo ^ S — M 0 -2 il, 0 j: rt .r: ^ _• V< ^ !U 0 S 0 ry- ^0^ — tL^^bOP S OJ & <H-S:S 62 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION made in America. Port Tobacco, on a titlal estuary of the Potomac onthe Maryland shore al)out 50 miles south of \\ashington, was at onetime in colonial days the chief tobacco shipping port in America. Ttdid not, however, derive its name from that fact but from a corruptionof the Indian village name, Potapaco, first mentioned in John Smithswritings. Stracheys History of Travaile into Virginia, writtenabout 1612 and published by the Hakluyt Society in 1849, is the bestsource of information on the language of Xirginia Indians. There are numerous traces of Indian occupancy such as village andquarry sites sc
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