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are currently engaged in fishing over waters for a living arrived in Maryland on the Ark and the Dove in 1634 For :i(K) years, they have survived the hazards of the Bay and the rigorous life they have chosen to live. Their culture enriches our language with many colorful terms, such as "drudging” (dredging), and by gawd, Cap’n, that ain’t the onliest expression they call their own.
Living on the water’s edge, sometimes farming to supplement their income, they are first and foremost watermen. Windetched faces, hard hands, and strong convictions are some of the characteristics they share. They hate to be referred to as an endangered species, yet that is what they have become. As a separate and distinct culture, proud, strong, and independent - they are a very valuable part of our society. They have enriched our diet with wonderful seafood; they shun welfare payments; and they listen only to counsel framed in their own camps.
Now they are beleaguered Their future existence is threatened by the society
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