The Stronghold

CONTENTS


PART I--SEVENTEENTH CENTURY

_Tidewater_

"_Ye Northerne Neck_"

_The People_

_Indians and Early Explorers_

_Captain John Smith_

_Powhatan's Empire_

_Captain Smith Visits the Neck_

"_A Plaine Wildernes_"

"_Wild Beastes_"

"_Birds to Vs Unknowne_"

_The Nominies_

_The Discoverers_

_The River of Swans_

_Mother of Waters_

_Quick-Rising-Water_

_Henry and Pocahontas_

_Henry and King Patowmeke_

_Henry's Relation_

_Betrayed_

_Kidnapped_

_The Indian Trader_

_A Petition_

_From North of the Potomac_

_The First Settler_

_Coan Hall_

_Neighbors_

_The "Kids"_

_Indian Servants_

_Money_

_A Paradise Discovered_

_A Visit to Jamestown_

_Frances_

_Forever Lost_

_Ursula_

_The Yard_

_Kittamaqund_

_The Gift_

_The Cavaliers_

"_Charlie-Over-The-Water_"

_The Legacy_

_The Indian Deed_

_A Summons to Jamestown_

_The Oath_

_County Officers_

_Epraphrodibus's Will_

_The Challenge_

_Trade_

_The Colonial Sailor_

_John Carter_

_Fleet's Point_

_George Mason_

_Mary Calvert_

_He Lived Bravely_

_Witchcraft_

_Seahorse of London_

"_Tenn Mulberry Trees_"

_Roads_

_Markets_

_The Old Dominion_

_The Proprietary_

_A First Lady of Jamestown_

_Land_

_Processioning_

"_The Banquetting House_"

_The Land Agent_

_Hanna and the Horseshoe_

_Muster_

_The Store_

_The Wolf-Drive_

_The Indians and Robert Hen_

_The Royal Cavalcade_

_The King of the Northern Neck_

_Kith and Kin_

_The Fieldings_

_Pirates_

_Christmas at Colonel Fitzhugh's_

_Indian Visitors_

_Horse Racing_

_Manufacture_

_The Potomac Rangers_


PART II--EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

_Murders in Stafford_

_Free Schools_

_The Home in the Forest_

_Cherry Point_

_Sandy Point_

_Augustine_

_Popes Creek_

_The War Path_

_Falmouth_

_Burnt House Field_

_Stratford Hall_

_George Washington_

_Epsewasson_

_Ferry Farm_

_Fredericksburg_

_School Days_

_The Indians_

_The Pow-Wow_

_Mount Vernon_

_Washington Washed Here--_

_The Ordinary_

_Nelly_

_Miss Betsy_

_The Proprietor of the Northern Neck_

_The Marshalls_

_The Leedstown Resolutions_

_Fithian_

_The School in the Wildwood_

_James and John_

_Captain Dobby_

_Pedlars_

_Seven Satin Petticoats_

_Phi Beta Kappa_

_Light-Horse Harry_

_A Band of Brothers_

_The Divine Matilda_

_Madam Washington_

_After the Revolution_

_Mantua_


PART III--NINETEENTH CENTURY

_Robert E. Lee_

_Smith Point Light_

_The Raiders_

_Steamboats_

_Hannah and the Falling Stars_

_Dear to His Heart_

_The Blockade_

_The Home Guard_

_The Mystery of Horse Pond_

_Schooner in a Mill-pond_

_War Bonnets_

_Amanda and the Yankees_

_The Horsehair Ring_

_Miracle at Ketchum's Camp_

_Desperate Passage_

_After the War_

_Speech_

_Shopping Trips_

_Menhaden_

_The Old Stone Pile_

_Keepers of the Light_

_The Headless Dog_


PART IV--CONCLUSION

_The Ancient Mansion Seats_

_Appendix_

_Sources_




List of Illustrations


John Smith in the shallop exploring the waters of Northern Neck,
Virginia

Henry Spelman living amongst the Indians

Pocahontas is traded for a copper kettle and becomes an hostage to
Captain Argall

First settlers at Coan

"King" Carter attends Christ Church

Mary Ball at Yeocomico Church

The infant, George Washington at Wakefield, his birthplace

Young Washington helping in the handling of "seine" on the Potomac

Young George Washington becomes a friend of Lord Fairfax, Proprietor of
Northern Neck

Young Robert E. Lee learning to ride

Skirmish between the Virginia Militia and the British during the War of
1812 at Farnham Church

"Yankee" foragers during the Civil War




_Introduction_