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fragmentary  pottery,  arrowpoints,  and  other  artifacts  have  been 
collected. 
Three  specimens  found  a  few  years  ago  "  a  short  distance  above 
the  wharf  are  illustrated  in  plate  9,  figure  2.  They  were  discovered 
several  feet  below  the  surface,  not  far  from  the  river  bank,  and  may 
have  been  associated  with  a  burial.  All  are  finished  objects  with 
edges  smoothed  from  use. 
Specimen  at  left  is  an  unusual  form  and  well  chipped.  The  material 
is  dark  rhyolite  with  many  small  phenocrysts  of  quartz  and  feldspar. 
Specimen  at  right  is  made  of  grayish  quartzite,  probably  derived 
from  a  pebble  found  nearby.  The  edges  are  greatly  worn,  and  the 
entire  surface  appears  smooth  from  long  use. 
Specimen  at  bottom  is  a  piece  of  exceptional  interest.  It  is  made  of 
fine-grained  rhyolite,  with  flow  structure,  of  a  grayish  color.  As  viewed 
in  the  photograph  the  right  lower  edge,  near  the  point,  reveals  the 
effect  of  much  use,  being  worn  to  a  greater  degree  than  is  any  other 
part  of  the  surface.  It  had  evidently  been  mounted  and  used  as  a 
knife  or  dagger,  with  the  left  end,  for  a  distance  of  several  inches, 
inserted  in  a  handle.  Length  8  inches.  The  surface  is  only  slightly 
altered  and  in  this  respect  resembles  that  of  the  two  specimens  c 
shown  in  plate  3.  The  rhyolite  was  probably  derived  from  a  quarry 
in  South  Mountain,  south  of  the  Susquehanna,  in  Pennsylvania. 
Nandtanghtacund 
As  previously  mentioned,  this  is  the  name  of  a  large  village  that 
appears  on  the  1624  map.  It  is  placed  on  the  right,  or  south,  bank  of 
the  Rappahannock,  on  the  shore  of  a  large  bay,  the  early  Indian  name 
of  which  has  not  been  preserved  but  which  is  now  known  as  Port 
Tobago  or  Port  Tobacco  Bay.  Just  below  the  site  of  the  village, 
which  is  indicated  by  a  "  Kings  howse  ",  is  the  name  of  a  smaller 
settlement  which  may  have  been  part  of  the  larger  village. 
Nandtanghtacund  "  was  evidently  seen  by  Captain  Smith  late  in 
December  1607,  or  early  in  January  1608,  while  he  was  held  captive 
by  the  Indians  and  before  he  was  taken  to  Powhatan  at  Werowa- 
comoco.  He  was  conducted  to  many  native  villages  and,  as  one 
narrative  states  (p.  398)  :  *^ 
they  led  him  to  the  Yoiithtanunds,  the  Mattapanients,  the  Payankatanks,  the 
N antaughtaciinds ,  and  Oimwmanients  upon  the  rivers  of  Rapahanock,  and  Pa- 
**  Now  in  the  private  collection  of  F.  M.  Aldridge,  Fredericksburg,  Va. 
"  The  spelHng  of  names  often  differed  in  the  text  from  the  forms  appearing 
on  the  map ;  the  latter  is  followed  in  the  present  article  unless  quoted  literally. 
"  Writings  of  Capt.  John  Smith.    Arber  ed. 
