, George Croghan, 76-77. INDIAN NAMES OF LOCAL INTEREST WITH THEIR ORIGIN AND MEANING by M. Luther Heisey Accomac, signifies "on the other side," or "the other side land." A Nanticoke name. Another definition is "across the water." The first would apply to Accomac of the Eastern Shore of Vir- ginia, "on

and to others as the War between the States, it ill behooves us to deal in rancor, to reopen old sores, or to utter calumnious words. Rather let us recall with pride the martial deeds of the boys from our own county, marvel at the manner in which they en- dured hardships, and sorrow anew at the

note of pride in that statement as he is given the distinction to rank with men of the caliber of those three. Small wonder it was, that "his good friend," Thomas Jefferson, offered him the post of Surveyor-General of the United States. He calls this offer one of the most flattering and honorable inci

in the states referred to. And what his difficulties were, especially in Ohio and Michigan, may readily be imagined when we remember the thirty years of Indian turmoil in this western region during the period of the French and Indian War, the Pontiac Conspiracy, and the American Revolution. We in the

pioneers, these English colonies were preserved and extended to include what finally constituted the union of forty-eight sovereign states. Following the Revolutionary War, this Northwest Territory (the land extending from Ohio to Minnesota) was ceded to the United States at the Treaty of Paris, September

by clay holes.” 19 William Willis, skillful bricklayer and builder, erected the walls of York County’s first courthouse between the years 1754-56, and lived to see his masterpiece of Georgian colonial architecture become the capitol of the United States during the period from September, 1777, to June

manufacturing of rifle-barrelled guns, the only arms that are used by the inhabitants of the interior part of the country, and the Indian nations that border on the frontiers of the United States." 42 In the same year another commentator, Harm Jan Huidekoper, said: "The town of Lancaster is situated in a valley

boys were reprimanded for their delinquency and given memory tasks of such selections as "The Village Blacksmith," "Breathes There a Man With Soul So Dead," or portions of the Constitution of the United States. Long will Dad Stamy be remembered for his severity and for his ability to cram a boy's mind