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Indian Association. They are Metho- 
dists in the main and have their own 
churches. 
The chief Nanticoke family names 
are Bumberry, Burke, Burton, Clark, 
Cormeans, Coursey, Davis, Drain, 
Hansor, Harmon, Hill, Jackson, John- 
son, Kimmey, Layton, Miller, Morris, 
Moseley, Newton, Norwood, Reed, 
Ridgeway, Rogers, Sockum, Street, 
Thomas, Thompson, Walker, and 
Wright. ‘They have separate schools 
from whites, and to some of these 
schools Negroes are admitted. They 
are required to attend Negro high 
schools, if any. Many have obtained 
a higher education in spite of segrega- 
tion. Most of the Indian customs are 
lost. 
11. Maryland 
The census does not recognize any 
Indians in Maryland, just as in the 
cases of Delaware and New Jersey, 
yet there is a fairly large-size group 
called the Wesorts in southern Mary- 
land, in Charles and Prince Georges 
Counties, who claim a part-Indian 
descent. In addition there are cer- 
tain small groups of ‘‘Nanticokes” on 
the eastern shore in Dorchester County 
and vicinity, and a few very small 
groups in the Blue Ridge area on the 
borders of Frederick and Washington 
Counties. 
Wesorts.—The Wesorts are scattered 
in rural areas about Bel Alton and 
Port Tobacco in Charles County, and 
at Brandywine, Upper Marlboro, and 
Oxon Hill in Prince Georges County. 
They are tenant farmers and truck 
farmers on the borders of Washington. 
Many have settled in Washington, 
Pittsburgh, and other cities as artisans, 
salvagers, and small tradesmen. 
Their total numbers are estimated as 
upward of 5,000. 
These people show physical traits 
reminiscent of whites, Indians, and 
Negroes. Some of them carry tradi- 
tions and a few customs which may be 
of Indian origin. Locally they are 
considered in the same status as mulat- 
toes and their children are required to 
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attend Negro schools. They are Ro- 
man Catholics and generally tend to 
sit with or near the colored sections in 
churches. Although thrown into con- 
stant contact with Negroes they have 
mainly married only within their own 
group. They are characterized by 
these family names: Butler, Harley, 
Linkin, Mason, Newman, Proctor, 
Queen, Savoy, Swan, and Thompson. 
In spite of the fact that they have 
never organized themselves as a dis- 
tinct minority, they have been recog- 
nized in parish and county records as 
separate from the Negro. They have 
a high birth rate. 
12. West Virginia 
As in previous cases mentioned, the 
census does not recognize any Indian 
groups in West Virginia. However, 
there is a fair-size group of people 
centering in northern Barbour and 
southern Taylor Counties in the north- 
eastern part of the State who may lay 
claim to at least part-Indian ancestry. 
These are the “Guineas” whose num- 
bers may range up to 6,000 or 7,000. 
Small groups of these people are to be 
found in six or seven other counties in 
northern West Virginia, in parts of 
western Maryland, in cities of eastern 
and northern Ohio (such as Zanes- 
ville) and in Detroit. 
The Guineas present the usual vari- 
ety found in mixed-bloods, but the 
white and Indian seem to be most 
prominent. They have their owa 
Methodist churches and attend segre- 
gated schools which are locally classed 
as ‘‘colored.”” As a class they stay 
apart from both whites and Negroes 
and are characterized by the following 
family names: Adams, Collins, Cros- 
ton, Dalton, Kennedy, Mayle, New- 
man, Norris, and Prichard. Their 
racial classification has furnished con- 
siderable difficulty to the local au- 
thorities. 
13. Virginia 
The census of 1930 records only 771 
Indians in Virginia, mostly in the 
Tidewater area, such as Pamunkey, 
