Susquehannock

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The Susquehannock were a powerful Iroquoian-speaking Native American people who inhabited the Susquehanna River Valley in what is now Pennsylvania and Maryland during the 16th and 17th centuries.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Iroquoian-speaking people ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
alliedWith English colonists in Maryland ⓘ
Swedish colonists on the Delaware River ⓘ
archaeologicalCulture Lower Susquehanna Valley culture ⓘ
conflictWith Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
Maryland Colony ⓘ
linked to: Colony of Maryland
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culture corn-beans-squash agriculture ⓘ
matrilineal clans ⓘ
declineCause European colonization ⓘ
epidemic diseases ⓘ
warfare with Iroquois ⓘ
economy fur trade ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
maize agriculture ⓘ
ethnicGroup Iroquoian peoples ⓘ
housing longhouses ⓘ
palisaded villages ⓘ
knownFor control of trade along the Susquehanna River ⓘ
military power in the mid-Atlantic region ⓘ
language Susquehannock language ⓘ
languageFamily Iroquoian languages ⓘ
Northern Iroquoian ⓘ
laterName Conestoga ⓘ
massacre Conestoga Massacre ⓘ
neighboringGroup Haudenosaunee ⓘ
Lenape ⓘ
Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
linked to: Powhatan peoples
perpetratedBy Paxton Boys ⓘ
politicalOrganization chiefdom ⓘ
council of leaders ⓘ
region Maryland ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
Susquehanna River Valley ⓘ
linked to: Susquehanna Valley
religion traditional Indigenous religion ⓘ
settlement Conestoga, Pennsylvania ⓘ
status largely displaced by late 17th century ⓘ
subsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering wild plants ⓘ
timePeriod 16th century ⓘ
17th century ⓘ
tradeGoodsExported furs ⓘ
tradeGoodsImported cloth ⓘ
firearms ⓘ
metal tools ⓘ
tradePartner New Netherland ⓘ
Province of Maryland ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Beaver Wars → opponent → Susquehannock ⓘ
Delaware people → neighboringPeoples → Susquehannock ⓘ
New Sweden → notableIndigenousGroup → Susquehannock ⓘ
Iroquoian peoples → includes → Susquehannock ⓘ
Eastern Pennsylvania → historicallyInhabitedBy → Susquehannock ⓘ
subject linked to: eastern Pennsylvania
Erie people → neighboringGroup → Susquehannock ⓘ
Susquehanna Valley → historicallyInhabitedBy → Susquehannock people ⓘ
linked to: Susquehannock
Susquehannock State Forest → namedAfter → Susquehannock people ⓘ
linked to: Susquehannock
Peach Tree War → mainBelligerent → Susquehannock allies ⓘ
linked to: Susquehannock
Paxton Boys uprising → hasParticipant → Susquehannock people ⓘ
linked to: Susquehannock
Paxton Boys uprising → victimGroup → Susquehannock Indians ⓘ
linked to: Susquehannock
Powhatan Chiefdom → hasPart → Quiyoughcohannock tribe ⓘ
linked to: Susquehannock
Conestoga people → subgroupOf → Susquehannock people ⓘ
linked to: Susquehannock
Conestoga people → partOf → Susquehannock confederacy ⓘ
linked to: Susquehannock