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Sound or Bay, decision of dispute concerning fisheries
therein, 45-51
River, Scarburgh's oath that it was never known as
the Wighco, 17 ; shown to be identical with the Wighco, 18
and map; divided by arbitrators, 43-44 ; distinguished from
the Sound, 51.
POINT LOOKOUT, claimed by Virginia to be a boundary site, 41.
POTOMAC RIVER, its first fountain designated in Maryland's char-
ter, I I n ; one of the points- of dispute, 13, 19-23 ; its source
not known in 1730, 19; its head spring identified as the
Cohongoroota and marked with the Fairfax Stone, 20; con-
troversy over its two branches, 25, 28, 33 ; entire river claimed
by Virginia in 1859, 38 ; claimed by both States, 40, 41 ;
awarded to Maryland, 43.
POTT (Governor), writes to Pri-.y Council and tenders oath to Lord
Baltimore, io.
POWELL (Samuel W.), boundary commissioner in 1867, 37 ; reports
on boundary and asserts Virginia's claims, 38.
QUAKERS, intolerance of, in Virginia, 14 ; presented by Scarburgh,
16.
RANDOLPH (Edmund), boundary commissioner in 1795, 26.
RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER, boundary of Northern Neck, 19-2o.
REVELL (Randall), land commissioner in 1661, 14.
SCARBURGH (Col. Edmund), land commissioner in 1661 ; Lieuten-
ant of Accomack, 14; asserts Virginia's authority on the
eastern shore, 15; persecutes Quakers, 16 ; makes oath as
to the location of Watkins Point; tries to acquire Maryland's
territory for Virginia, member of the first boundary commis-
sion, 17 ; with Philip Calvert lays down the Calvert-Scar-
burgh Line, 18.
SHARPE (Governor), endeavors to determine the source of the Po-
tomac, 20-2I.
SMITH (Capt. John), his explorations, 7 ; his map, 10 ; names
Watkins Point, 16.
SMITH'S ISLAND, occupied by Virginia, 15 ; claimed by Virginia,
37, 41; divided by arbitrators, 43.
SmITH'$ POINT, the southern headland of the Potomac, 24 ; desig-
nated a boundary site by Maryland, 32 ; by Virginia, 35 ;
disputed as a boundary site by Virginia commissioners, 38 ;
agreed upon by arbitrators, 43.
SMITH'S TAVERN, boundary commissioners met there in 1824, 29.
STONE (Thomas), commissioner on the compact of 1785, 23.
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