The rebellion traces its origins to 1675 and a trading dispute between the Algonquian-speaking Doeg Indians and the Potomac River planter and merchant Thomas Mathew. As relations worsened, Mathew and his neighbors killed several Indians as they were making away with livestock. The Doegs retaliated by killing one of Mathew’s herdsmen. Virginia militia pursued the Doegs to Maryland and attacked their cabin, along with the cabin of innocent Susquehannock hunters, who were taken completely by surprise. In the ensuing war the Iroquoian-speaking Susquehannocks were forced from their town in southern Maryland, taking refuge in the southern piedmont of Virginia and raiding the English frontier.
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YORK, Maine An undertaking that began nearly a decade ago to add the York River to the federal government s wild and scenic program is a step closer to completion, thanks to a legislative maneuver by Rep. Chellie Pingree of Maine.
Pingree, a Democrat, had an amendment about the York River tacked onto a bigger bill, the Protecting America s Wilderness and Public Lands Act, which the House of Representatives passed with a 227-200 vote Friday. I wasn t sure when we were actually going to have a chance to move the (York River) bill, but when the Wilderness Act came up, it just appeared to be a great moment to move that in there, and we were fortunate to have it be included, Pingree said in an interview Thursday.
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