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Departure of the Indians

Essex County · 2.8 miles northwest of Tappahannock. · location approximate

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In the forest west of this point the Rappahannock Indians built a wooden fort as a defense against hostile Northern Indians. From the shore just to the northeast the Rappahannocks were transported thitry-five miles up the river, February 4, 1684.

1948 text, presented as a historical document.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, State Historical Markers of Virginia, 6th ed. (1948)

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