THESE PEOPLE WERE IROQUOIAN SPEAKING AND LIVED NEAR THE SUSQUEHANNOCK RIVER AT THE NORTH END OF CHESAPEAKE BAY. EUROPEANS SELDOM VISITED THIS INLAND REGION DURING EARLY COLONIAL PERIOD. A CONTACT PERIOD OF 1550 -1630 IS LOCATED IN THE EASTERN PANHANDLE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
WHEN JOHN SMITH MET THEM IN 1608 THEY HAD A GREAT VILLAGE NEAR LANCASTER. HE ESTIMATED THEIR VILLAGE TO BE 2000 ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT VISIT IT. A FRENCH EXPLORER NOTED THE SUSQUEHANNOCK TO HAVE 20 VILLAGES WITH OVER 800 WARRIORS. AND THEY MAY RANGE AS GREAT AS 7000 PEOPLE. THEY WERE AFFECTED BY THE EURASIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES. AFTER WARFARE THE REMAINING SUSQUEHANNOCK NUMBER NUMBERED A FEW HUNDRED AND SETTLED IN A NEW VILLAGE CALLED CONESTOGA TOWN.
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