[Introduction]

[PART I—Seventeenth Century]

[Tidewater]3
["Ye Northerne Neck"] 3
[The People]4
[Indians and Early Explorers]5
[Captain John Smith]5
[Powhatan's Empire]7
[Captain Smith Visits the Neck]7
["A Plaine Wildernes"] 8
["Wild Beastes" ]10
["Birds to Vs Unknowne"] 11
[The Nominies]12
[The Discoverers]13
[The River of Swans]15
[Mother of Waters]18
[Quick-Rising-Water]20
[Henry and Pocahontas]23
[Henry and King Patowmeke]25
[Henry's Relation]28
[Betrayed]28
[Kidnapped]31
[The Indian Trader]33
[A Petition]34
[From North of the Potomac]35
[The First Settler]37
[Coan Hall]38
[Neighbors]41
[The "Kids"]42
[Indian Servants]43
[Money]44
[A Paradise Discovered]45
[A Visit to Jamestown]46
[Frances]48
[Forever Lost]51
[Ursula]52
[The Yard]54
[Kittamaqund]55
[The Gift]57
[The Cavaliers]58
["Charlie-Over-The-Water" ]59
[The Legacy]60
[The Indian Deed]61
[A Summons to Jamestown]62
[The Oath]64
[County Officers]64
[Epraphrodibus's Will]65
[The Challenge]65
[Trade]67
[The Colonial Sailor]67
[John Carter]68
[Fleet's Point]69
[George Mason]70
[Mary Calvert]71
[He Lived Bravely]72
[Witchcraft]74
[Seahorse of London]75
["Tenn Mulberry Trees" ]76
[Roads]77
[Markets]78
[The Old Dominion]79
[The Proprietary]80
[A First Lady of Jamestown]81
[Land]83
[Processioning]84
["The Banquetting House" ]85
[The Land Agent]87
[Hanna and the Horseshoe]89
[Muster]91
[The Store]92
[The Wolf-Drive]92
[The Indians and Robert Hen]93
[The Royal Cavalcade]95
[The King of the Northern Neck]97
[Kith and Kin]100
[The Fieldings]101
[Pirates]102
[Christmas at Colonel Fitzhugh's]104
[Indian Visitors]104
[Horse Racing]105
[Manufacture]106
[The Potomac Rangers]107

[PART II—Eighteenth Century]

[Murders in Stafford]111
[Free Schools]112
[The Home in the Forest]113
[Cherry Point]114
[Sandy Point]117
[Augustine]118
[Popes Creek]119
[The War Path]120
[Falmouth]121
[Burnt House Field]122
[Stratford Hall]124
[George Washington]125
[Epsewasson]127
[Ferry Farm]129
[Fredericksburg]130
[School Days]131
[The Indians]132
[The Pow-Wow]133
[Mount Vernon]137
[Washington Washed Here—]138
[The Ordinary]139
[Nelly]140
[Miss Betsy]141
[The Proprietor of the Northern Neck]142
[The Marshalls]146
[The Leedstown Resolutions]147
[Fithian]150
[The School in the Wildwood]154
[James and John]154
[Captain Dobby]156
[Pedlars]158
[Seven Satin Petticoats]158
[Phi Beta Kappa]159
[Light-Horse Harry]159
[A Band of Brothers]161
[The Divine Matilda]162
[Madam Washington]163
[After the Revolution]165
[Mantua]166

[PART III—Nineteenth Century]

[Robert E. Lee]171
[Smith Point Light]174
[The Raiders]175
[Steamboats]176
[Hannah and the Falling Stars]178
[Dear to His Heart]178
[The Blockade]179
[The Home Guard]181
[The Mystery of Horse Pond]184
[Schooner in a Mill-pond]185
[War Bonnets]188
[Amanda and the Yankees]188
[The Horsehair Ring]191
[Miracle at Ketchum's Camp]193
[Desperate Passage]195
[After the War]197
[Speech]199
[Shopping Trips]199
[Menhaden]200
[The Old Stone Pile]205
[Keepers of the Light]205
[The Headless Dog]207

[PART IV—Conclusion]

[The Ancient Mansion Seats]213
[Appendix]217
[Sources]219