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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Susquehannock canonical | 8 |
| Susquehannock people | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3257401 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Susquehannock Context triple: [Beaver Wars, opponent, Susquehannock]
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A.
Nanticoke people
The Nanticoke people are an Indigenous Native American tribe originally from the Chesapeake Bay region, particularly present-day Delaware and Maryland, known for their riverine culture and later migrations northward.
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B.
Lenape
The Lenape are an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, traditionally centered in what is now the mid-Atlantic United States, including present-day New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.
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C.
Nacotchtank people
The Nacotchtank people were an Algonquian-speaking Indigenous group who lived along what is now the Washington, D.C. area, playing a key role in regional trade and early contact with European colonists.
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D.
Tuscarora
The Tuscarora are a Native American people originally from the Carolinas who later became the sixth nation of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Confederacy.
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E.
Mahican
The Mahican are an Eastern Algonquian-speaking Native American people historically centered in what is now eastern New York and western New England.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Susquehannock Target entity description: 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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A.
Nanticoke people
The Nanticoke people are an Indigenous Native American tribe originally from the Chesapeake Bay region, particularly present-day Delaware and Maryland, known for their riverine culture and later migrations northward.
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B.
Lenape
The Lenape are an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, traditionally centered in what is now the mid-Atlantic United States, including present-day New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.
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C.
Nacotchtank people
The Nacotchtank people were an Algonquian-speaking Indigenous group who lived along what is now the Washington, D.C. area, playing a key role in regional trade and early contact with European colonists.
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D.
Tuscarora
The Tuscarora are a Native American people originally from the Carolinas who later became the sixth nation of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Confederacy.
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E.
Mahican
The Mahican are an Eastern Algonquian-speaking Native American people historically centered in what is now eastern New York and western New England.
- F. None of above. chosen
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
ⓘ
Colony of Maryland ⓘ
surface form:
Maryland Colony
|
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
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 peoples ⓘ
surface form:
Powhatan Confederacy
|
| perpetratedBy | Paxton Boys ⓘ |
| politicalOrganization |
chiefdom
ⓘ
council of leaders ⓘ |
| region |
Maryland
ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ Susquehanna Valley ⓘ
surface form:
Susquehanna River Valley
|
| religion | traditional Indigenous religion ⓘ |
| settlement |
Conestoga Township, Pennsylvania
ⓘ
surface form:
Conestoga, Pennsylvania
|
| status | largely displaced by late 17th century ⓘ |
| subsistence |
fishing
ⓘ
gathering wild plants ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
16th century
ⓘ
17th century ⓘ |
| tradeGoodsExported | furs ⓘ |
| tradeGoodsImported |
cloth
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firearms ⓘ metal tools ⓘ |
| tradePartner |
New Netherland
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Province of Maryland ⓘ |
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Subject: Susquehannock Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.