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Susquehannock
Sign in to saveThe Susquehannock, also known as the Conestoga, Minquas, and Andaste, were an Iroquoian people who lived in the lower Susquehanna River watershed in what is now Pennsylvania. Their name means “people of the muddy river.”
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- Ethnic group.group
- Susquehannock
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- Susquehannock lang.png
- Ethnic group.caption
- Historical distribution of the Susquehannock language
- Ethnic group.population
- Estimated 2,000 in 1600; now extinct as a tribe
- Ethnic group.regions
- New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland
- Ethnic group.religions
- Indigenous and Roman Catholic
- Ethnic group.languages
- Susquehannock
- Ethnic group.related
- Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), Erie, Neutral, Wendat, Wenrohronon, Petun, Tuscarora, & Cherokee
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16 sectionsContents
- Language
- Names
- History
- Protohistory
- European contact
- Alliance with Maryland, 1651–1674
- Diaspora
- Conestoga Town
- 19th century
- 20th century
- 21st century
- Culture
- Legacy
- Notes
- References
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The Susquehannock, also known as the Conestoga, Minquas, and Andaste, were an Iroquoian people who lived in the lower Susquehanna River watershed in what is now Pennsylvania. Their name means “people of the muddy river.”
The Susquehannock were first described by John Smith, who explored the upper reaches of the Chesapeake Bay in 1608. The Susquehannocks were active in the fur trade and established close trading relationships with Virginia, New Sweden, and New Netherland. They were in conflict with Maryland until a treaty was negotiated in 1652, and were the target of intermittent attacks by the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois).
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Algonquian ethnonymsChesapeake BayExtinct Native American tribesIndigenous peoples of the Northeastern WoodlandsIroquoian peoplesNative American genocide in the United StatesNative American history of MarylandNative American history of New York (state)Native American history of PennsylvaniaNative American history of West VirginiaNative American tribes in Maryland