Native Americans and Colonial Maryland
Near Colonial Maryland the Native American tribes that were near them were the Nanticoke, Susquehannock and Powhatan and the Yaocamaco. At first the Native Americans didn't know on how to react to the new comers. They were curious on who these new people were and most importantly if they were danger to their villages.
Governor Calvert negotiated with the tribal leaders to buy some land and some food to survive. It had been one of Calvert's father goal that the Native Americans be treated fairly and he knew that this would benefit Maryland in the long run. The members of theses tribes taught them many important skills that would help them survive in their new colony. The Natives taught them about the plants that could be eaten and about the land and their surroundings. With the help of the Native Americans the colonist of Colonial Maryland showed them how to fish, how to hunt and how to make weapons with their surroundings. The Yaocamaco tribe sold to the colonist, their boats and fishing gear and showed them how to use it. If it weren't for the help of the Native Americans through the first year that the colony was founded, the colonist would have most likely not have survived.