Maryland; stories of her people and of her history . er land was gradually taken. So that thenewcomers had to build their houses farther inland meant farther to the west. And themarch of the white man westward went on, year afteryear, until at last it reached the Pacific Ocean. The men who led this march, the pioneers, were calledfrontiersmen or backwoodsmen. They were bold andhardy men, brave in time of danger and ready to facehardships. They were fine shots with their rifles, andsoon became as skillful as the Indians in tracking all sortsof game. Their brave wives faced as man
Maryland; stories of her people and of her history . er land was gradually taken. So that thenewcomers had to build their houses farther inland meant farther to the west. And themarch of the white man westward went on, year afteryear, until at last it reached the Pacific Ocean. The men who led this march, the pioneers, were calledfrontiersmen or backwoodsmen. They were bold andhardy men, brave in time of danger and ready to facehardships. They were fine shots with their rifles, andsoon became as skillful as the Indians in tracking all sortsof game. Their brave wives faced as many dangers andendured as much as the men themselves. One of the most famous of these pioneers was ThomasCresap. He was only fifteen years old when he came to 58 THOMAS AND MICHAEL CRESAP Maryland from England. When he grew to manhoodand was married he settled on the banks of the Susque-hanna River. Now you must know that for a long time William Pennand Lord Baltimore could not agree on the boundarybetween their colonies of Pennsylvania and CRESAPS HOME 1730 It was nearly one hundred and fifty years after the landingof the Ark and the Dove before the dispute was settledby the marking of Mason and Dixons Line.* The five hundred acres of land which Thomas Cresap *See Passanos Plistory t)f Maryland, pp. 36-39 59 MARYLAND received were in the territory claimed by both Lord Balti-more and Penn. Of course Cresap supported Lord Balti-more from whom he received his land. Therefore thefriends of Penn tried to drive him away. There was many a fight in this border country. Forthe most part the Marylanders were victorious. But atone time the Pennsylvania men followed Cresap so closelythat he had to take refuge in a fort. They could notstorm the fort, so they set fire to the roof to burn him his chance, Cresap rushed to the door andhurried down to the river. He had a boat tied there, butbefore he could unfasten it and put off his enemies cap-tured him. They took him to
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