The main settlement of the Moyaone was the home of the paramount chief or Tayac of the Piscataway Chiefdom. Independent of the Powhatan, the Piscataway dominated the western shore of Maryland up to the fall line. The settlement was located just off the Potomac River on a creek that still bears the Piscataway name. Smith and his crew probably stayed at Moyaone for a few days in late June of 1608, establishing good relations with this group. In 1634, the Piscataway and related tribes allied with the Maryland colonists. Moyaone was visited frequently by Maryland’s leaders and Catholic priests, especially Andrew White, who wrote the most detailed descriptions of the Piscataway people.