A first book in American history with European beginnings . From an old print. Cecil Calvert. LORD BALTIMORE the second son, was appointed governor of the new colony;and in November, 1633, he sailed with about three hun-dred people for America. Early in 1634 the colonists entered Chesapeake Bay. Governor Calvert Bartering for Land on Chesapeake Bay. and sailed to the mouth of the Potomac. On the northernbank of the Potomac not far from its mouth lay anIndian village. The settlers were charmed with the spotand were very anxious to make their home there. Gov- 153 A FIRST BOOK IN AMERICAN HISTORY
A first book in American history with European beginnings . From an old print. Cecil Calvert. LORD BALTIMORE the second son, was appointed governor of the new colony;and in November, 1633, he sailed with about three hun-dred people for America. Early in 1634 the colonists entered Chesapeake Bay. Governor Calvert Bartering for Land on Chesapeake Bay. and sailed to the mouth of the Potomac. On the northernbank of the Potomac not far from its mouth lay anIndian village. The settlers were charmed with the spotand were very anxious to make their home there. Gov- 153 A FIRST BOOK IN AMERICAN HISTORY ernor Calvert therefore bought the village from theIndians, giving for it some hatchets, hoes, and cloth; andthe English landed as rightful possessors. The new colony received the name of Maryland inhonor of Henrietta Maria, the English Queen. And theready-made town was called St. Marys. Unlike the Puritans and the Virginians, the Mary-land settlers did not have to till an uncultivated Indians from whom they had bought the land hadenriched the soil, laid out fields, and planted corn andother grains. The great forests, too, were full of game;and the best of fish were to be had for the catching. Goodfortune smiled on the newcomers. Such a prosperous beginning promised much for
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