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Susquehannock

Powerful traders of the lower Susquehanna, noted by John Smith in 1608.

Broken 1675-77 by Iroquois and colonial attacks; the last remnant at Conestoga Town was murdered by the Paxton Boys in December 1763.

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Moments from the Chronicle

• 1675 King Philip's War The great war of southern New England begins at Swansea; the Susquehannock fall the same year.

Further reading

• Susquehanna's Indians Barry C. Kent · 1984

  A focused archaeological and ethnohistorical study of the Susquehannock people.

• Facing East from Indian Country Daniel K. Richter · 2001

  Native-centered history of the early eastern woodlands the Susquehannock inhabited (broad regional context).

Sources

• Susquehannock — Wikipedia