| Total population | |
|---|---|
| Extinct as a tribe | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Western Shore of Maryland | |
| Languages | |
| Eastern Algonquian | |
| Religion | |
| Native religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Piscataway |
The Patuxent or Pawtuxent[1] were one of the Native American tribes living along the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay. They spoke an Algonquian language and were loosely dominated by the Piscataway.[2]
The first European to explore the river was Capt. John Smith who sailed 40 miles.[3]
As European settlements grew and tobacco plantations took over, surviving Indians moved on. By 1674, some Pawtuxent Indians lived on 700 acres of land set aside for them by Lord Baltimore at Billingsley Point, now public park land near Upper Marlboro at the confluence of the Patuxent River and Western Branch. [4]
References
[edit]- ^ Hodge, Frederick Webb, ed. (1912). Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Washington: G.P.O. p. 1118. LCCN 15002143. id=LCCN 15-2143
- ^ Brinton, Daniel Garrison; Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel (1885). The Lenâpé and Their Legends, With the Complete Text and Symbols of the Walam Olum, a New Translation, and an Inquiry Into Its Authenticity. p. 25.
The Conoys ... along the Piscataway creek and Patuxent river
OCLC 1300929403 - ^ Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network. "Exploring the Western Shore: The Patuxent River" (PDF). National Park Service. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 22, 2017. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
- ^ "Billingsley's Point". Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
Further reading
[edit]- Land, Aubrey C. Maryland: A Colonial History at the Internet Archive. Millwood NY: KTO Press, 1981.
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