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.”
Susquehannock artifacts on display in the State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg.
Depiction of a Susquehannock village from De nieuwe en onbekende weereld, of, Beschryving van America en 't zuid-land, written by Arnoldus Montanus and published in 1671.
The Susquehanna River is a major river located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, overlapping between the lower Northeast. At 444 miles (715 km) long, it is the longest river on the East Coast of the United States. By watershed area, it is the 16th-largest river in the United States, and also the longest river in the early 21st-century continental United States without commercial boat traffic.
Susquehanna River in Bradford County, Pennsylvania
Susquehanna River at source, looking at Otsego Lake
Satellite photo of the river (upper left) where it empties into the Chesapeake Bay (center)
Looking upstream in Danville, Pennsylvania