Patuxent people

Not to be confused with Patuxet tribe or Pawtucket tribe.

The Patuxent or Pawtuxent^[1] were one of the Native American tribes living along the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay. They spoke an Algonquian language and were loosely dominated by the Piscataway.^[2]

Patuxent

Total population
Extinct as a tribe
Regions with significant populations
Western Shore of Maryland
Languages
Eastern Algonquian
Religion
Native religion
Related ethnic groups
Piscataway

The first European to explore the river was Capt. John Smith who sailed 40 miles.^[3]

As European settlements grew and tobacco plantations took over, surviving Indians moved on. By 1674, some Pawtuxent Indians lived on 700 acres of land set aside for them by Lord Baltimore at Billingsley Point, now public park land near Upper Marlboro at the confluence of the Patuxent River and Western Branch. ^[4]