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On the Naming of Campsites ON THE NAMING OF THE CAMPSITES, TRAILS, AND OUTPOSTS RICHARD A. HENSON SCOUT RESERVATION 1964 – 1996 By George K. Gerlach, Ed. D Table of Contents GENERAL INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................................................1 NANTICOKE NAMES............................................................................................................................................................ 2 PART I: THE CAMPS .................................................................................................................................................................4 NANTICOKE........................................................................................................................................................................... 4 THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES:.................................................................................................................................................. 7 CHOPTANK ............................................................................................................................................................................ 7 PART II: THE TRAILS ...............................................................................................................................................................9 ABABCO ................................................................................................................................................................................. 9 ANKARA............................................................................................................................................................................... 10 HATSAWAP.......................................................................................................................................................................... 10 KUSKARAWA ...................................................................................................................................................................... 10 TEQUISSINO......................................................................................................................................................................... 11 PART III: THE CAMPSITES ...................................................................................................................................................11 ALGONQUIN ........................................................................................................................................................................ 11 ASHQUASH .......................................................................................................................................................................... 11 CHICONE .............................................................................................................................................................................. 12 MALAHORN......................................................................................................................................................................... 12 PUCKAMEE .......................................................................................................................................................................... 12 SANDAH; SINGAREE; TOQUANNI................................................................................................................................... 13 SMALLHOMONY................................................................................................................................................................. 13 TAMARAN............................................................................................................................................................................ 13 TIAWCO ................................................................................................................................................................................ 14 TRANQUAKIN ..................................................................................................................................................................... 14 WINICACO............................................................................................................................................................................ 14 WIWASH ............................................................................................................................................................................... 15 PART IV: THE OUTPOSTS .....................................................................................................................................................15 ABABCO ................................................................................................................................................................................. 15 BOUNDARY ......................................................................................................................................................................... 15 CRAZY WOMAN.................................................................................................................................................................. 15 DAN BEARD......................................................................................................................................................................... 15 HIDDEN FIELD .................................................................................................................................................................... 16 JOHN SMITH ........................................................................................................................................................................ 16 KUSKARAWA ...................................................................................................................................................................... 16 LONE HAWK ........................................................................................................................................................................ 16 LOST MILL ........................................................................................................................................................................... 16 MEDICINE STICK ................................................................................................................................................................ 16 OLD BUCKET....................................................................................................................................................................... 16 PATTY CANNON ................................................................................................................................................................. 17 THREE COUNCILS .............................................................................................................................................................. 17 TOMAHAWK........................................................................................................................................................................ 17 PART V: OTAYACHGO ...........................................................................................................................................................17 APPENDIX - MAPS .....................................................................................................................................................................18 FIGURE 1 – INDIAN RESERVATIONS ON THE EASTERN SHORE ................................................................................................. 19 FIGURE 2 – THE CHOPTANK INDIAN RESERVATION ................................................................................................................ 20 FIGURE 3 – INDIAN MIGRATION, 1748 - 1784......................................................................................................................... 21 FIGURE 4 – HENSON SCOUT RESERVATION TRAIL MAP, WITH GRID ...................................................................................... 22 BIBLIOGRAPHY .........................................................................................................................................................................23 INDEX AND PRONUNCIATION KEY .....................................................................................................................................24 ii GENERAL INTRODUCTION The Richard A. Henson Scout Reservation lies on the land in the “vee” formed by the confluence of the Marshyhope Creek and the Nanticoke River in northeastern Dorchester County, Maryland. The land, which was bought by Del-Mar-Va Council in the early l960’s, was originally named the Nanticoke Scout Reservation, but the name was changed in 1987 to commemorate the gift of a large amount of money. The status of the name “Nanticoke” was thus reduced to that of a “camp.” The initial plan of the Council was to develop two camps at this site, with the second camp lying in the south part of the Reservation. This second camp, which has never been developed, was referred to simply as “Camp No. 2,” but the tentative name of “Choptank” had been considered. This was logical, since that is the name of the other major Native American tribe of the county in which the Reservation
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