. A history of the United States. livingfarther north. They received in payment axes, hoes, knives,and some cloth. After the harvest they agreed to give thesettlers all the village and the land about it. One of thepriests. Father White, took possession of an Indian cabin, and,having dressed it a httle better, used it as a chapel. A few of the Indian famihes remained during the first year,the men teaching the settlers to hunt deer, partridges, andturkeys. The Indian squaws taught the white women how toprepare hominy and johnny-cake before an open fire. A Fortunate Colony. — The first settlement
. A history of the United States. livingfarther north. They received in payment axes, hoes, knives,and some cloth. After the harvest they agreed to give thesettlers all the village and the land about it. One of thepriests. Father White, took possession of an Indian cabin, and,having dressed it a httle better, used it as a chapel. A few of the Indian famihes remained during the first year,the men teaching the settlers to hunt deer, partridges, andturkeys. The Indian squaws taught the white women how toprepare hominy and johnny-cake before an open fire. A Fortunate Colony. — The first settlement in Marylandwas named St. Marys for the Virgin Mary. A stockade wasbuilt around the Kttle fort which protected the town fromattack. St. Marys was more fortunate in its beginningsthan either Jamestown or Plymouth. The climate was mildand healthful, and the first harvest was good. The Indianneighbors were gentle and friendly. The colonists at the endof the first season sent corn to New England in exchange THE FIRST SETTLEMENT 73. for salt fish and other things which they needed. They alsobegan to trade with the Virginians, obtaining cattle, sheep,hogs, and hens, with which to stock their farms. Maryland and Virginia. — Their dealings with the Vir-ginians were not all friendly. The lands which King Charleshad given LordBaltimore wereoriginally a partof Virginia, andthe Virginiansobjected to theloss. Indeedsome Virginiansunder the lead-ership of Wil-liam Claibornehad already set-tled on Kent Island in Chesapeake Bay and were carrying on a profitabletrade with the Indians. They soon quarrelled with thesettlers at St. Marys, and a petty warfare was kept up foryears, until the king decided in favor of Lord Baltimore. A Proprietary Colony. —Lord Baltimore was the Pro-prietor or owner of Maryland. The country, therefore,formed a huge private estate, with the colonists as proprietor exercised the rights of government over thecolonists, much as if he were king. For this
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