Cultures at the Confluence

17th-18th Native American Settlements of the Susquehanna River

 
   
   

Chillisquaque

Chillisquaque is a corruption of the Shawness Chililisuagi, meaning "place of the snow birds" (Donehoo). The Shawnees resided here around 1728 and it is recorded to have been visited by some of the earliest colonial exploreres.

 

 
 
 
 

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